Name
Ernest Alfred Spiers
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
23/10/1918
22
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
15575
Bedfordshire Regiment
'B' Coy., 2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
HIGHLAND CEMETERY, LE CATEAU
Plot I, Row A, Grave 5.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Watford Borough Roll of Honour,
St Mary's Parish Church Memorial, Watford
Pre War
Son of James Richard and Eliza Jane (nee FOLLETT) SPIERS.
His parents married 18 November 1894 at All Saints, Walworth, Surrey. James died 1946 in Watford aged 70, and was buried 13 March in Vicarage Road Cemetery, Watford; Eliza died 1950 in Watford aged 76, and was buried 10 August, also in Vicarage Road Cemetery.
Ernest was born 1896 in Walworth, and resided in Watford.
On the 1901 Census, aged 4 he lived in Camberwell, London, with his parents and three siblings. On the 1911 Census, a milkman aged 14, he lived in Watford, with his parents and six siblings.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Watford; was entitled to the Victory, British War and 1914-15 Star medals, his qualifying date being 26 July 1915, and was killed in action.
Additional Information
Unfortunately, Ernest’s Service Record appears to be one that did not survive the World War Two bombing.
There is a brief article about Ernest in the West Herts and Watford Observer dated 9 November 1918.
Has a entry in the National Roll of the Great Wa
Acknowledgments
Sue Carter (Research) and Watford Museum (ROH on line via www.ourwatfordhistory.org.uk)
