Ephraim Waterhouse
Service number
4040713
Military unit
6th Bn King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Address
32 Waterloo Road, Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire.
Date of birth
31 Dec 1911
Date of death
03 Aug 1940 (29 years old)
Place of birth
Stoke upon Trent, Staffordshire.
Employment, education or hobbies
Brass Fettler, British Aluminium Company Ltd.
- Family History
- Military history
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Family history
Son of Enoch and Elizabeth Waterhouse; husband to Beatrice Waterhouse.
Military history
3 August 1940 a party of soldiers were walking along the Nottingham to Doncaster Road from Ollerton. A mile north of Ollerton roundabout a speeding car hit 2 killing them outright. The car failed to stop and was found at Perlethorpe the next day. Private Frank Mingay of the Sherwood Foresters was arrested for manslaughter.
Extra information
Frank Edward William Mingay of Ilkeston married in 1947 and died in Basford 1971.
Found not guilty of manslaughter by a jury at the subsequent court hearing, but guilty of dangerous driving. Sentanced to 12 months prison and 5 year driving ban.
Photographs
Photo of Ephraim Waterhouse