Name
Ernest Chambers
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
20/11/1918
32
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Shoeing Smith
105816
Royal Field Artillery
Guards Division Ammunition Column
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
LE QUESNEL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
I.C.10.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Stevenage Old Town Memorial, St Nicholas' Church Memorial, Stevenage Old Town, Holy Trinity Church Memorial Roll of Honour, Stevenage Old Town
Pre War
Ernest was born on the 25th February 1886, the son of John & Elizabeth Chambers of Symonds Green, Stevenage.
Before joining the Army he had been employed by T.G & H.E. Worboys, Timber Merchants in Stevenage.
Wartime Service
He served as a Blacksmith with the Royal Artillery and was posted to France on the 13th December 1915.
Whilst on leave in September 1918 he married Kathleen Stutley. Two months later he died in hospital of bronchial Pneumonia, probably as a result of contracting influenza. His brother, Seymour, was killed in action on the 24th June 1917.
Ernest is buried in the Le Quesnoy Communal Cemetery Extension, France.
Additional Information
Ernest and his brother Seymour are also commemorated on the family headstone in Stevenage (St. Nicholas) Churchyard. Their inscription reads:
ALSO OF THE
BELOVED SONS OF THE ABOVE NAMED [John & Elizabeth Chambers]
SEYMOUR AUGUSTUS CHAMBERS [7TH NORTHANTS REGT.]
WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE JUNE 24TH 1917.
AGED 26 YEARS.
ERNEST CHAMBERS SHOEING SMITH. R.F.A. DIED IN FRANCE NOVEMBER 20TH 1918 AGED 32 YEARS.
FATHER IN THE GRACIOUS KEEPING LEAVE WE NOW OUR LOVED ONES SLEEPING.
Acknowledgments
Paul Johnson
