Basic Details
Surname
Plowman
Forenames
Ernest
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
30225
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 155 Belsize Avenue.

(CWGC records that Private Ernest Plowman, regimental number 30225, died on 23/4/1917 serving in 11th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment, and is commemorated on Bay 3 of Arras Memorial in France. Soldiers Died in the Great War records that he was a native of Haddon who was living in Peterborough when he enlisted in Huntingdon. It states he had formerly served in the Hunts Cyclist Battalion under regimental number 1254. The Medal Rolls record that he served in the 2/1st Battalion Hunts Cyclists (regimental number 1254) before joining the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, in which he served first in the 14th Battalion, then in the 2nd Battalion before joining the 11th Battalion. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that his death was presumed, and that his mother Jane was his legatee. On the 1911 census he had been aged 21, living at 155 Belsize Avenue in Woodston with his parents William and Jane Plowman. His birth was registered in Peterborough District in 1889).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Royal Warwicks
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
11th
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
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
Not stated
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1917
Month of death
April
Day of death
23
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
155, BELSIZE AVE WOODSTONE
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial