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Rank : Private

Army Number : 40241

Unit : 1/5th & 9th Bns

Biography :

Enlisted at Hinckley, Leicestershire. Served with the 9th Bn during World War One. Died of wounds in France and Flanders campaign 2.10.1917, aged 20. He is buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

Medal Card: Fairbrother Ernest - Leic R - Pte - 40241 - Victory, British War and 1915 Star - disembarked France to British Expeditionary Force 28.5.1915.

UK, WWI Service Medal and Award Rolls, 1914-1920 for Ernest Fairbrother - British War Medal and Victory Medal Leicestershire Regiment Piece 0938: Leicestershire Regiment: 40241 Pte Fairbrother Ernest - 1654 1/5th Leic R & 40241 9/Leic R.

UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929 for Ernest Fairbrother 1914-1915 Lichfield 584501-586000 - £2 & 5 shillings 7 pence paid to Edith non legatee authorised 10.4.1918 and £14 War Gratuity paid to Edith non legatee authorised 17.11.1919.

CWGC:

FAIRBROTHER, ERNEST
Rank: Private
Service No: 40241
Date of Death: 02/10/1917
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Leicestershire Regiment 9th Bn.
Grave Reference: XX. F. 20A.
Cemetery: LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Edith Fairbrother, of 5, Occupation Rd., Hinckley, Leicestershire.

Place of Birth : & Luton & Bedfordshire

Date of Death : 2.10.1917

Place of Death : & & Belgium

Period of Service : 1910s

Conflicts : WW1

Places Served : & & Belgium