DALLIMORE, Ernest Alfred

Credit: Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Rifleman

1st/8th Battalion Isle of Wight Rifles

Hampshire Regiment

Ernest was born 1889 in Sandown to James & Clara Louise (nee FIELDER) DALLIMORE who were living at 15 Crocker Street in Newport around the time of Ernest’s death.

Ernest, aged 27, was reported Killed in Action on the 19th of April 1917, during the second Battle of Gaza, & is buried in the Gaza War Cemetery beneath a Commission Headstone. Ernest rests alongside 3,216 of his First World War comrades, of whom 781 remain unidentified.

Ernest is also remembered on the Newport Borough & IW Rifles War Memorials

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetery

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.