Mexborough and Swinton Times August 24, 1918

Lance Corporal Ernest Fox
West Yorkshire Regiment

Lance Corporal Ernest Fox, 172 Doncaster Rd, Wath on Dearne, died of wounds in France on July 22.

He had been serving since June 1917, and went to France in November.

He was single, and was formerly employed as a shunter at Manvers Main.

He had a brother serving with the Royal Naval Division in France

From C.W.G.C.:

Private
FOX, ERNEST
Service Number 57394
Died 22/07/1918
Aged 23
2nd/5th Bn.
West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own)
Son of Edward and Louisa Fox, of 67, Oak Rd., Wath-on-Dearne, Rotherham.

SEZANNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY C. 19.