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Private

Ernest Hanford

Service Number 29838
Military Unit 17th Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)
Date of birth Unknown
Date of Death 03 Sep 1916 (20 Years Old)
Place of Birth Nottingham
Employment, Education or Hobbies He was a shop assistant.
Family History

He was the son of Philip and Lizza Hanford and the brother of Philip, Nellie, Arthur, Milly, Tom, Rose, Lucy and Mary Hanford. They lived at 282 Carlton Road in 1911 and later at 16 Needham's Avenue Thorneywood Lane (both Nottingham).

Military History

He is buried in Ancre British Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel (grave ref I.D.41)

Extra Information

Nottingham Evening Post obituary (abridged), 14 August 1917: Private E Hanford, Sherwood Foresters, 16 Needham's Avenue, Thorneywood Lane, missing September 3rd [1916], now reported killed, age 20. Rachel Farrand

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