Lancaster Ernest Randolph 2/Lt

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Surname: Lancaster;

Forename(s): Ernest Randolph;

Initials: ER;

Rank: 2/Lt;

Born in: Kingston-on-Thames;

Enlisted in: Portsmouth;

Enlistment Date: 14-May-1915;

Resided in: Southsea;

Previous Number: 17405;

Previous Battalion: 15 of;

Previous Regiment: Hants Regt;

Date of transfer to MGC: 10-Apr-1916;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 16 Coy;

Date abroad: 07-Sep-1916;

Theatre of War: 1;

How killed: KIA;

Where: France;

When killed: 12-Oct-1916;

Other Data: disch to Commsn 7 Dorset Regt 17/11/1915 - age shown as 19 - DOB given as 21/5/1897
From "Boy Soldiers of the Great War", Richard Van Emden, p 105: " Ernest Lancaster, born Southsea in May 1899 is one of the many less well-known cases. He enlisted as a Private in the Hampshire Regt and was recommended for a commission in 1915 by a family friend who was a retired Colonel. Ernest later served with the 7th Dorsets, and then the MGC in France and was killed aged 17.";

Other Notes: LANCASTER, Second Lieutenant, ERNEST RANDOLPH, 16th Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Inf) formerly 7th Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment. 12th October 1916. Age 17. Son of Ernest William Lancaster, of 75, Poole Rd., Bournemouth. And Edith Rhode Lancaster. Pier and Face 5 C and 12 C. Thiepval Memorial - Somme, France.
NB: 16 COY, not Bn;

Related National Archives files: WO339/47789;

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