South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project
The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One |
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Military History |
| Theatre of War in Which Died | Campaign & Conduct Medals | Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial |
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| Home | British War Medal | Leamington (Milverton) Cemetery |
| Meritorious Service Medal | ||
| First Arrived in Theatre | Queens South Africa Medal | SWFHS Area Memorials |
| 5 Aug 1914 in India | 5 Clasps to the QSA Medal | Leamington Spa War Memorial |
| Action, Battle or Other Reason Died | Date and Place Enlisted | Other War Memorials |
| Died of Heart Failure and Malaria | 1899 in Warwick | ~ |
| Place of Death | Previous Regiments or Units | |
| 10 Clapham Terrace, Leamington Spa | ~ | |
Circumstances of Death
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In April 1919 Ernest was invalided home from India, where he had spent the entirity of WW1, with Malaria and died at home of heart failure complicated by the Malaria on 14th October 1919. He was awarded the Meritous Service Medal for his valuable service in India in connection to the war [WW1]. He was a well known military instructor and was attached to Wellington College in Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu. The college trained Cadets in much the same way as Sandhurst. |
| Personal & Family History |
| Birth Date/Place | Baptism Date/Place |
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| Jan-Mar Qtr 1877 in Stockingford, Nuneaton | |
| Parents Names | Abode |
| Frederick and Elizabeth Mary Gollings | Clarendon Dairy, Oxford Street, Leamington Spa |
| Wife | Marriage Details |
| Florence Gollings nee Wilde | 30 Dec 1906 at Norwich St. Mary's |
| Schools | Colleges |
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| Address History | Employment History |
| 1877 - Stockingford, Nuneaton | 1883 - School |
| 1881 - Swan Walk, Chilvers Coton, Warks | 1891 - Apprentice Hairdresser |
| 1891 - 30 Windsor Street, Leamington Spa | 1899 - Trooper in Hussars |
| 1901 - Stanhope & Wellington Lines Barracks, Aldershot | 1901 - Corporal in Hussars |
| 1911 - Cavalry Barracks, Hampton Court, London | 1911 - Squadron Sergeant Major |
| 1919 - 10 Clapham Terrace, Leamington Spa | 1919 - Regimental Sergeant Major |
Ernest had one child but we have not yet found the birth records.
