Blackmore. Remembering Alfred George Ellis

Alfred George Ellis

War Memorial: Place and inscription War Memorial: Buckhurst Hill St Stephen Lych Gate Memorial, and Hornchurch. Church Window (St Laurence Church, Blackmore): Alfred George Ellis Ongar & District War Memorial Hospital Roll of Honour (Blackmore) as A Ellis [ERO A10815]

Rank: Private

Regiment: Essex Regiment 1st Battalion. Service No 9898 [CWGC]

Service Details: Enlisted: Warley, Essex  [Source: Essex Regiment Museum database]

Personal and family information: Next of kin: son of Walter and Emma Ellis, Hornchurch, Essex. Husband of Eliza J Barnard (formerly Ellis), 37 Albert Road, Buckhurst Hill. [Source: Essex Regiment Museum database] Born Hook End, Blackmore about 1891, parents Walter [haybinder] and Emma [1901 census].  No record of Baptism at Blackmore.  [Essex Record Office] Younger sibling, Walter, baptised at Blackmore, 2nd July 1895 [ERO D/P 266/1/11] suggesting a family move in the intervening years. No Ellis entries in Register between 1875-1895. 1911 Census: Blackmore Walter Ellis.  Head.  Married.  [Age] 54. Farm Labourer. [Born] Stondon, Essex. Emma Ellis.   Wife.  [Age] 43. [Born] Havering, Essex Harry Ellis. Son. Single. [Age] 21. Bricklayer Labourer. [Born] Blackmore Alfred Ellis.  Son.  Single.  [Age] 18.  Bricklayer Labourer.  [Born] Blackmore Walter Ellis.   Son.  Single.  [Age] 15.  Stable Lad. [Born] Blackmore Eliza Ellis.  Daughter. [Age] 13. Home. [Born] Blackmore Louisa Ellis.  Daughter. [Age] 12. School.  [Born] Blackmore William Ellis.  Son.  [Age] 10.  School.  [Born] Blackmore Jack Ellis.  Son.  [Age] 3.  Home.  [Born] Blackmore Possible marriage Hampstead Q2 1909, but wife not named [Statutory Register]

Date of Death: 28th June 1915

Age: 24

Where died: Wounded Gallipoli 05/1915. Killed in action. Gallipoli. 28.6.1915. No known grave  [Source: Essex Regiment Museum database]

Place of Burial or Commemoration: Remembered on the Helles Memorial in Turkey.  Panel 144 to 150 or 229 to 233. [CWGC]

List of Sources: Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Essex Record Office, Essex Regiment Museum, Statutory Register