See also

James Ernest Snowden (1895-1917)

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James Ernest Snowden

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • gardener2

  • Birth:

  • Q3 1895

  • Stoke by Nayland, Suffolk, England1 3 2

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 5)

  • Sandpit Cottage, Homersfield, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • son living with his parents James and Alice, sisters Alice and Ethel, brothers Frederick and Cecil, and cousin John R Snowden. Born in Stoke by Nayland Essex

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 15)

  • Old Chapel Farm, Mells, Suffolk, England2

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a domestic gardener and living in seven rooms with his parents James, sister Alice, and brothers Frederick, Harry, Cecil and Leonard. Born in Stoke by Nayland

  • Death:

  • 16 Jul 1917 (age 21-22)

  • Pas-de-Calais, France4 5

  •  

  • private:15269 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment

  • Burial:

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  • Bancourt Military Cemetery, Bancourt, Pas-de-Calais, France

Sources

1.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Sudbury 1895 quarter:3 volume:4a page:755. Cit. Date: 29 January 2025.

2.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10988 class:RG78 piece:593 registration district:216 sub-district:2 enumeration district:18 schedule:168. Cit. Date: 30 January 2025.

3.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1798 folio:57 page:2 schedule:8. Cit. Date: 4 February 2025.

4.

Commonwealth War Grave Commission, (on-line at www.cwgc.org). Bancourt Military Cemetery grave:I.C.11. Cit. Date: 10 February 2025.

5.

FindMyPast Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Suffolk Regiment private:15269. Cit. Date: 10 February 2025.