Basic Details
Surname
Mallelieu
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. Worked as a card setting machine tenter in a mill before enlisting in August 1914. He had served in the Dardanelles and Egypt before moving to France to be killed on the Somme in an attack on the Turk Street and Wonder Work trenches.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army (British)
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Corporal
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
British Army
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
The Yorkshire Regiment
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Corporal
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Somme
Year of death
1916
Month of death
September
Day of death
14
Age at death
25
Manner of death as stated
Not stated on this memorial
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action