Basic Details
Surname
Norman
Forenames
Ernest
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
23273
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 190 Rogers Street.

(CWGC records that Private E Norman, regimental number 23273, died on 8/2/1917 serving in the 1st Battalion of the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, and is buried in grave III.C.4 at Gorre British and Indian Cemetery in France. Soldiers Died in the Great War record that Ernest was a native of Newark who was living in Peterborough when he enlisted. It states he had formerly served in the Buffs (i.e. the Royal East Kent Regiment) under regimental number G/11503. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that his widow Fanny was his legatee. Ernest Norman's marriage to Fanny Deboo was registered in the Peterborough District in 1914. On the 1911 census he had been recorded as a native of Newark, aged 23, staying with his brother Walter at No 1 Conway Cottage, Garton End, Peterborough. On the 1891 census he and his brother Walter had been living with their parents James and Elizabeth in Main Street, Eye, near Peterborough).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Royal West Kents
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on memorial
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
Givenchy
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1917
Month of death
February
Day of death
8
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action at Givenchy
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
190, ROGERS ST
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial