ERNEST CLARY

1914-1918

 

Earnest Clary lived at Finch Hill, Bulmer in 1913.

He served with the Middlesex Regt. And later with the 12^th East Surreys.

First Name:	Ernest Alert
Surname:	Clary
DOB:	Circa 1891
Age:	26
Birth Town:	Bulmer, Suffolk
Resided Town:	Great Waldingfield, Suffolk
Nationality:	British
Date of Death:	07/06/1917
Fate:	Killed in Action
Information:	Parents: George and Eliza Clary, of Bulmer, Essex; husband of Gertrude E. Ratcliffe (formerly Clary), of Upshire Green, Great Waldingfield, Sudbury, Suffolk.
Rank:	Private
Service Number:	25348
Duty Location:	France And Flanders

Grave Reference:

XIII. K. 18.

Cemetery:

VOORMEZEELE ENCLOSURE NO.3 West –Vlaanderen. Belgum

12^th East Surry’s (Service) Battalion (Bermondsey)
14.05.1915 Formed by the Mayor and Borough of Bermondsey and then moved to Witley to join the 122nd Brigade of the 41st Division.
Feb 1916 moved to Aldershot.
02.05.1916 Mobilised for war and landed at Havre and engaged in various actions on the Western front including;
During 1916
The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of the Transloy Ridges.
During 1917
The Battle of Messines, The Battle of Pilkem Ridge, The Battle of the Menin Road, Operations on the Flanders coast.