Private Ernest William Bruton
Rank or Title
Date of Birth
1896
Date of Death
8 Apr 1918
War time / or Pre War occupation
Engineering apprentice
Employer
Clark's Machine Tool Co, Dunstable Road
Regiment
Medals Awarded
Service Number
202636
Place of Birth
Luton
World War I Address
55 Ash Road
Luton
Place of Death
3rd Canadian Stationary Hospital
Doullens
FranceGrave Location
Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No 1
War Memorial Location
Soldier or Civilian
- Soldier
Source
Beds & Herts Saturday Telegraph , 13th April 1918

Pte Ernest William Bruton, 202636, 9th Battalion Essex Regiment, died in the 3rd Canadian Stationary Hospital, Doullens, France, on April 8th, 1918, following gunshot wounds in the back of the neck sustained on the battlefield. He was aged 22 and single.
An old boy of Queen Square School and a former member of the Excelsior football team, Luton, he was a son of Hannah Mary and the late Walter Bruton. At the time of Ernest's death his widowed mother was living at 55 Ash Road, Luton.
Before being called up in March 1917, he had been apprenticed to Clark's Machine Tool Co, Dunstable Road and was for a time employed at Putney. He had been in France since January 1918.
Individual Location
Author: Deejaya
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