STARK, Ernest Frederick

Gaza War CemeteryCredit: CWGC

Rifleman
1st/8th Battalion Isle of Wight Rifles
Hampshire Regiment

Ernest was born on the 19th of August 1894 in Newport to Ernest Frederick & Mary Elizabeth (nee SALTER) STARK. In 1901 the family were living at Bank Cottage, Dodnor in Newport. Before the outbreak of war, Ernest was employed as a clerk.

Ernest, aged 22, was reported as Killed in Action, in a night attack by the Turks, on the 2nd of November 1917. He is buried in the Gaza War Cemetery beneath a Commission Headstone. Ernest rests alongside 3,216 of his First World War comrades, 781 of whom remain unidentified.

Ernest is also remembered on the Carisbrooke & IW Rifles War Memorials.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

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.