Lance Serjeant Ernest PLUMBE, 21357, 7th Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 100, ), killed in action, Flanders France, 23rd October 1918.

Born Birkenhead, Cheshire, son of Alfred & Alice Plumbe.

1911 Census - 1 Ionic Street, Rock Ferry, Cheshire - Alfred Plumbe, head, age 42, widower, married 19 years, 8 children, 7 still alive, lighterman, soap works, worker, born Liverpool, Lancashire; Ernest Corker Plumbe, son, age 16, single, shop assistant, grocers, worker, born Birkenhead, Cheshire; Alfred Plumbe, son, age 12, school boy, born Birkenhead, Cheshire; Violet Plumbe, daughter, age 7, born Birkenhead, Cheshire.

Enlisted Port Sunlight, Cheshire, age 19 years & 11 months, height 5ft 8¾ inches, weight 8?stone 11lbs.  Resided 1 Ionic Street, Rock Ferry, Cheshire. Formerly labourer.

Home 4th September 1914 to 24th September 1915; BEF 25th September 1915 to 16th July 1916; Home 17th July 1916 to 12th March 1917; BEF 13th March 1917 to 23rd October 1918.

4th September 1914, enlisted & posted 13th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment, Service No.W/100; 4th August 1915, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 19th September 1915, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 25th September 1915, posted BEF; 25th September 1915, Folkestone, embarked; 15th March 1916, 75 Field Ambulance, variocecle; 17th March 1916, rejoined Unit; 28th April 1916, wounded, shell shock; 2nd May 1916, 76 Field Ambulance, shell shock; 6th May 1916, 42 Casualty Clearing Station, Pulmonary Tubercolis; 12th May 1916, 42 Casualty Clearing Station, bronchitis; 13th May 1916,  Rouen, 12 General Hospital, bronchitis; 28th May 1916, Rouen, 12 General Hospital, Bronch. discharged to Convalescent Camp; 29th May 1916, Rouen, bronchitis; 30th May 1916, Etaples discharged to 25 Infantry Base Depot; 1st June 1916, Etaples, 25 Infantry Base Depot, ex Convalescent Camp, Rouen; 4th June 1916, Etaples, 25 Infantry Base Depot, proceeded to rejoin Unit; 4th June 1916, rejoined Unit In the Field; 8th July 1916, wounded, shell shock; 9th July 1916, 14 Field Ambulance; 13th July 1916, 45 Casualty Clearing Station, shell shock; 14th July 1916, Rouen, 10 General Hospital, shell shock; 15th July 1916, to England Hospital Ship, "Salta"; 17th July 1916, posted Depot, Cheshire Regiment; 17th July 1916 to 5th August 1916, 2nd Western General Hospital, Manchester, shell shock; 13th March 1917, posted BEF & embarked; 14th March 1917, disembarked; 14th March 1917, 4 Infantry Base Depot, joined & posted 11th Cheshires; 24th April 1917, posted 16th Battalion, Cheshires; 26th April 1917, joined Battalion, In the Field; Attached 12 Entrenching Battalion; 19th November 1917, promoted Corporal; 17th March 1918, rejoined Battalion; 23rd July 1918, transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment; 23rd July 1918, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 9th October 1918, appointed paid Lance Sergeant.

18th October 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, Alfred Plumbe, 1 Ionic Street, Rock Ferry; Mother, none; Brothers - William Plumbe, age 27, 27 Houston? Street, Rock Ferry; Alfred Plumbe, age 20, 1 Ionic Street, Rock Ferry; Sisters - Mrs Todd, sage 30, No5. Cooper Street, Birkenhead; Elizabeth Plumbe, age 18, 1 Ionic Street, Rock Ferry; Violet Plumbe, age 15, 1 Ionic Street, Rock Ferry.

Buried at Le Cateau Communal Cemetery, III. C. 7., France. Commemorated on War Memorial, St Peters Church, Rock Ferry, Wirral, Cheshire.

NOTE: Regimental History & Soldiers Died in the Great War show rank as Lance Serjeant; CWGC web site show rank as Serjeant.

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