Basic Details
Surname
Greenwood
Forenames
Ernest
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
War
First World War (1914-1918)
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He worked as a clerk for the Co-Op in Burnley before the war. His left side was paralysed by a gunshot wound and he died in Hyde Park Hospital, Plymouth, of pneumonia. He is also commemorated on IWM 2224 and 596 and is buried in the Shore Baptist Church graveyard.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
British Army
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Second Lieutenant
Death and Burial details
Country of death
England
Town of death
Plymouth
Country of burial
England
Town of burial
Shore, Todmorden
Cemetery
Baptist Churchyard
Year of death
1918
Month of death
October
Day of death
31
Age at death
26
Manner of death as stated
Not stated on memorial
Manner of death reference
Died of Disease