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ERNEST HARRY NORTHOVER

Died : 22 Jan 1919

Rank : Private

Service no at death: 43347

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Surname:	NORTHOVER
Forename:	ERNEST HARRY
Initials:	E H
Date of Birth	1900
Place of Birth	Wimborne
Place of Birth Source	1911 Census
Address	1911 Census shows him aged 11 living with family at 7 Station Rd, Wimborne
Schools attended

Employment / trade	n/k
Place of work
Family (parents and grandparents)	Son of Richard and Annie Northover.
Spouse Name	No record of any marriage
Notes	Brother David J Northover died in Kut, Iraq, 26/4/1916

Regiment at call-up
Regiment at discharge
Rank at call-up
Service no at call-up
Date of attestation	-
Date of call-up	-
Area reported to
Source

Naval vessels served
Decorations and awards
Other service details	4th Battalion, Dorsetshires
Other rank	Private
Other service no	43347
Service facts

Age at death	19
Date of death	22 Jan 1919
Regiment at death	Dorsetshire Regiment
Battalion at death	4th Bn.
Rank at death	Private
Circumstances of death	U.K Register of Soldiers’ Effects, shows that he died of “Sickness “ in Londonderry. (The Regiment had been posted there a few months earlier.)
Service no at death	43347
Field of action at death
Place of death	Londonderry

Location of grave	Wimborne Cemetery
Position	U.5.5138
Other memorials	St John’s Church, Wimborne Town Memoriall and named on plaque inside Wimborne Minster
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