Husband of Mrs. Gerrard, of 22, Battenberg Road, Bolton, Lancashire. Worked for ten years a driver on the Dunscar and Farnworth routes for the Bolton Corporation Tramways Department. Enlisted April 1915. A fire broke out close to some ammunition, and in attempting to warn a comrade of the danger, both were caught in the explosion of the ammunition and killed.
Gerrard, Ernest –
Personal details
- Surname: Gerrard
- Forename: Ernest
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Bolton, Lancashire
- Place of residence: Bolton, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 31
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: September 13th, 1917
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Gunner
- Unit: "D" Battery. (3rd East Lancashire Brigade)
- Service number: 690377
- Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Bolton, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: Not known
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Bolton (Victoria Square) War Memorial and Bolton County Borough Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Book (Hall of Remembrance)
- Bolton Corporation Tramways Department 1914-1918 Memorial Plaque
- Bolton Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Printed Book (Library / History Centre)
- CWGC Memorial: Duhallow A.D.S. Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- CWGC reference: I. C. 30.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 09/04/1915 12/10/1917 07/12/1917
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 9f 6d/e* S15*
- Bolton Chronicle: 12/10/1917