Name
Ernest John Dodd
26 May 1892
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
17/07/1917
25
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lieutenant
Royal Field Artillery
C Bty. 177th Bde.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BRANDHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
I. M. 30.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
ONLY SON OF JOHN & EMMA DODD OF HARPENDEN NOT DEAD, BUT LIVING UNTO THEE
UK & Other Memorials
Harpenden Town Memorial, Church of St Nicholas Memorial, Harpenden
Pre War
Ernest John was born on 26 May 1892 in Knightsbridge, London. He was the only son of John Hunter Dodd, Laundry Proprietor, and Eliza Emma (nee Hewins).
By 1901 the family had moved and were living at East Common, Harpenden. On the 1911 Census Ernest is employed as a Surveyor’s Articled pupil. He later became a Chartered Surveyor. He played football as an amateur for Luton Town and cricket for Hertfordshire.
Wartime Service
Ernest was a 2nd Lieutenant in in C Battery 177 Brigade RFA.
He was killed in action near the Menin Gate, Ypres on 17 Jul 1917.
Additional Information
His mother, Mrs. E Dodd, East Common, Harpenden, Herts. ordered his headstone inscription: "ONLY SON OF JOHN & EMMA DODD OF HARPENDEN NOT DEAD, BUT LIVING UNTO THEE" Probate granted to his mother of £415 17s 7 d including War Gratuity of £5 and arrears of £117 17s 7d.
Acknowledgments
Neil Cooper
Jonty Wild, Mary Skinner, Harpenden & District Local History Society (www.harpenden-history.org.uk)
