Basic Details
Surname
Kimlin
Forenames
Ernest
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative surname
Kimblin
Served or died
Died
Service number
3892
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 614 Gladstone Street. It misrecords his surname as "Kimlin", his service number as 3892, and that he was assigned to HMS Drake when he died.

(CWGC records that Able Seaman Ernest Kimblin of the Royal Naval Volunteer reserve, service number R/3891, died aged 25 on 3/9/1918 serving in Hawke Battalion of the Royal Naval Division, and is commemorated on Vis en Artois Memorial in France. The War Graves Roll records that Able Seaman Ernest Kimblin was born on 26/9/1893 at Old Leake in Lincolnshire, and that he was the son of Kate of 614 Gladstone Street, Peterborough. His birth was registered as Ernest Kimblin in the Boston District in 1893. He is recorded in the Baptism register of Peterborough All Saints' Church as having been baptised on 4/3/1894 as the son of Kate and John William Kimblin).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Royal Naval Division
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Seaman
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Not Stated on Memorial
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1918
Month of death
September
Day of death
3
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
614, GLADSTONE ST
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial