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Ernest SESTON

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Rank
Private
Regiment
NOTTS DERBY SHERWOOD FORESTERS REGIMENT 10TH BATTALION
Military Number
12861
Address
2, Bungalow, Ravensfield Common, Rotherham, S65 4LT
Background

Born Kiverton Park, Sheffield, 1895. Son of George and Emma Seston, of No. 2 Bungalow, Ravensfield Common, Rotherham.

Native of Kiveton Park, Sheffield. Resided Rotherham.

Enlisted with the 10th Sherwood Foresters. Served at Suvla Bay. Gallipoli. Wounded at the Somme (Bullet wound to the right chest). Died of wounds, on 02/11/1916, aged 21.

He is listed on the Hull Gardener's Society War Memorial, at Hull Minster.

He is buried at Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte, France. His grave inscription, reads, "A DAY OF REMEMBRANCE SAD TO RECALL."

Date Died
02/11/1916
Died
GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE, SOMME, FRANCE
Age
21
Memorial
Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte, France, 80300

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