Basic Details
Surname
Medlock
Forenames
Ernest
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
30170
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 47 South Street, Stanground.

(CWGC records that Corporal E Medlock, regimental number 30170, died on 12/9/1916 serving in 14th Battalion of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, and is buried in grave V.H.19 at Abbeville Communal Cemetery in France. Soldiers Died in the Great War records him as a native of Stanground who enlisted at Old Fletton, and that he had formerly served in the Hunts Cyclist Battalion under regimental number 822. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that his widow Edith M Medlock was his legatee. Ernest's birth had been registered in 1889 in the Peterborough District. On the 1911 census he had been living with his parents, Charles and Jane French Medlock, at 57 South Street, Stanground. His marriage to Edith M Swales was registered in Peterborough District in 1915).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Royal Warwicks
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Cpl
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Averoail, Near Rouen
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1916
Month of death
September
Day of death
12
Manner of death as stated
"Died of wounds 12 September 1916 at Averoail Stationary hospital near Rouen".
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds
Personal Details
Address
47 South street, Stanground
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial