Ernest George Lawton
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 294. Gunner. S.A. R.F.A. (South African Royal Field Artillery). Son of old Mrs Lawton . Came from S. Africa to join Home in Sept. Reported Oct. 4 . Dec.14. 4 Batt S.A. Heavy A. (4 Battery South African Heavy Artillery) Corden (sic - actually Cooden) Camp. Bexhill on Sea . Went to France May Wounded. June. Nov.1916 72 S. African Seige Battery B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force) Mar. 1917 as before Nov.1917 as before.' (Extract from handwritten notes by The Reverend Robert Daniel Kermode, Vicar of St George's Church, Douglas, about men from his parish serving in the First World War. MS 10003/10)
External sources: 3 Sidney Terrace; 16 Rosemount