Ernest Jepson
Service Number
12249
Military Unit
2nd Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)
Date of birth
Unknown
Date of Death
24 Sep 1915 (20 Years Old)
Place of Birth
Basford, Nottingham
Employment, Education or Hobbies
Unknown
- Family History
- Military History
- Extra Information
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Family History
Ernest was born in 1895 at Basford and was the son of Ada Clarke of 63 Oxford Street, Bulwell, Nottingham (CWGC).
Military History
Ernest Jepson enlisted at Derby and served with the 2nd Battalion Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment.He landed in France on 11th November 1914. Ernest died of wounds at No. 7 Casualty Clearing Station on 24th September 1915 and is buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery.
Extra Information
Personal inscription on CWGC headstone: 'His duty nobly done Mother'
