Name
Francis Ernest Andrews (Moore)
1893
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
27/06/1917
23
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
25825
Bedfordshire Regiment
8th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
PHILOSOPHE BRITISH CEMETERY, MAZINGARBE
I. S. 38.
France
Headstone Inscription
PEACE PERFECT PEACE
UK & Other Memorials
Sunnyside War Memorial, Berkhamsted, Berkhamsted Town Memorial, St Peter's Church Memorial, Berkhamsted
Pre War
Francis Ernest/Ernest Francis Andrews was born in 1893 in London. He was known as Ernest and his mother was Annie Ellen Andrews (Moore).
His birthplace and true surname are uncertain but it is likely that his true surname is Moore and he was the son of Annie Ellen Moore. A baptism for Francis Ernest Moore with his mother named as Nellie Moore (no father listed) is recorded at St Mark's Church, Marylebone, London on 30 November 1893, with the birth at Queen Charlotte's Hospital on 28 November 1893.
Both Ernest and his mother are listed on the 1901 Census with his widowed grandmother Ann Elizabeth Moore. Ernest (listed as son) was then aged 7 and his mother Annie was working as a laundress. They were living at 65 George Street, Northchurch, Berkhamsted, Herts. They remained at the same address on the 1911 Census. Ernest (then called Francis Ernest Moore) was aged 17, listed as nephew and working as a golf caddie. Head of the household was Ann Elizabeth Moore (N..B. her maiden surname was Andrews). His mother Annie Ellen Moore was listed as daughter to the head and working as a laundress.
Wartime Service
Ernest enlisted in Bedford and served with the 8th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment.
He was killed in action on 27 June 1917, aged 23 and is buried in Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe, France.
Additional Information
His mother received a war gratuity of £5 10s. His pay was overdrawn by 6s 2d. She also received a pension of 3s 6d a week, later increased to five shillings a week, and, while living at 127 George Street, Gt Berkhamsted, Herts., she ordered his headstone inscription: "PEACE PERFECT PEACE".
On pension records his mother was living at 1 Field Terrace, Smith Street, Watford, Herts but later moved to 127 George Street, Great Berkhamsted.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Jonty Wild
