Ernest KENT
| Unit | 2/5th Bn, The Notts and Derby (The Sherwood Foresters) Regiment 178th Brigade, 59th Division, T.F., B.E.F. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Service Number | 201441 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Private | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nature of Death | Died of wounds France 26/9/17 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Age | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Burial/Commemoration | Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery, Somme, France | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Malvern Commemoration | Holy Trinity, North Malvern and St Josephs RC Church, Malvern Link | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Next of Kin | Son of Mrs Kent of Warwick Cottage, Cowleigh Road | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous Employment | Regular Soldier in the Notts and Derby Regiment | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Ernest Kent was the son of Mrs Kent,
widow of Warwick Cottage, Cowleigh Road. He enlisted into the Sherwood Foresters
at Derby and was reported missing in the Malvern News in November. He had five
brothers serving with the Army and one with the Navy (Alfred
was also killed during the war); his late father had been a member of the Volunteer
Force for 20 years.
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Malvern News 24/11/17
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