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Rfle. Ernest Albert Daking
British Army 16th (Queens Westminster Rifles) Btn. London Regiment
from:Highbury, London
(d.14th April 1917 )
Ernest Daking was born in Boxted, Suffolk, son of John & Ellen Daking, husband of Lucy Annie Daking of Ellesmere, Regents Park Road, Finchley, London. Lived in Highbury, London and enlisted Holloway.
He served with the 16th (Queens Westminster Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment and was killed in action on the 14th of April 1917 age 35 years and is buried in Bootham Cemetery, Heninet, France. He is remembered on the War Memorial in St. Peters Church, Felsham, Suffolk. A pupil of of Bedford Modern School 1891-98, he commemorated on the School War Memorial, which was unveiled in 1923 and in the Roll of Honour, published in The Eagle, December 1923.Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com