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Pte. Ernest Dellar

British Army 8th Btn. Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)

from:23 Holmbrook St., Homerton, London

(d.8th Jan 1916)

My gradfather, Private Ernest Dellar, served with the 8th Bn, Royal Fusiliers. According to his medal transcript, he entered the theatre of war in France, on 24th of Novemeber 1915. He died of wounds on 8th of January 1916, aged 33, but we do not know how he was wounded or in which engagement. He is buried in Béthune town cemetery. He left behind a young handicapped son of nearly 3, and my grandmother pregnant with my father who was born in April 1916.



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