In memory of

Gunner

Ernest William Williams

who died on 5 Nov 1918

Service details
  Conflict WWI
  Service Army
  Unit Canadian Field Artillery
  Rank Gunner
  Service number 301617
  Date of death 19181105
  Cause of death died of non-combat causes
Narrative history
  301617 Gunner (3rd Division Ammunition Column, Canadian Field Artillery driver) Ernest William Williams (b.1875) of Regina died 19181105 at Ontario hospital, Orpington, Kent, England, of pneumonia and is buried at Mildenhall cemetery, Suffolk. Williams served at the front for over two years and ironically took ill while on leave in England. He was the son of William Edward and Emily Williams of Mildenhall. Ernest was a grocer when he enlisted at Regina in 1915, leaving a wife Clara.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 159 - Sherwood
  Cemetery or memorial location Ipswich cemetery, Suffolk, England    

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Personal information
  Date of birth 18750506
  Place of birth Mildenhall, Suffolk, England    
  Date of enlistment 19150908
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Regina    
  Occupation grocer
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