Eric George Elsworth

Rank:PrivateNumber:9/1555
Ship/Rgn/Sqn No:02nd Bn
Name of Rgt or Ship:Wellington Rgt (NZEF)
Died:01/10/1916Age:27
How Died:Killed in Action
Country of burial:France
Cemetery or Memorial:Caterpllar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial
Town Memorial:Sale
Extra Information:
Born during the June quarter 1887 in the Manchester R.D. - ref: 8d/296, the
son of Tyndall & Avis Adeline Elsworth (nee Gerrard).

1891 Census - Southern Road, Ashton upon Mersey.   [Surname spelt with two
'L's]  Son - aged: 4 - Scholar - born: Manchester.   Head of household -
Tyndall Ellsworth - Married - aged: 37 - occ: Merchants Buyer with East
India Company.   Also Avis A. Ellsworth - Wife - aged: 35 - born:
Manchester. Plus 3 younger siblings, including Gerrard Herbert Elsworth who
was also killed during WW1.

1901 Census - Park Road, Ashton upon Mersey.   Son - aged: 14 - occ: None
given  born: Manchester.   Head of household - Avis Aveline Elsworth - Wife
- aged: 44 - born: Manchester.   Plus 4 siblings, including Gerrard Herbert
Elsworth who was also killed during WW1.   No trace of his father.

His mother - Avis Adeline Elsworth died in 1903, aged: 47 and his father in
1911, aged: 59.

1911 Census - No Trace of the family.   Presumably somewhere in the Far
East at that time.

CWGC - " Son of the late Tyndall and Avis Elsworth".



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