Heroes and Rebels in the Family Tree--Ernest Dann and the 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
A Private with the 2nd Battalion, Ernest died on 16th of December 1914 at the age of 40. Ernest was born at Aldeby, Norfolk, in 1874, a son of George Dann (1844-1916) and Eliza Hammond (1842-1881). In early 1881, his family lived at Waterheath Cottage, Aldeby, near Loddon. In September 1881 his mother had died, his father remarried, and the family had moved to Lowestoft, living at Stanley Cottages, 2 Carlton Road, and Ernest was a house painter. On 31 May 1896 Ernest married Ellen Read at Saint Peter’s Church, Kikley. Ernest was a painter and they both lived at Kirkley. By 1901 they were living at 92 Saint Leonard’s Road, Kirkley, and Ernest was a house painter and decorator. This was still their home in 1911 when Ernest was still in the same occupation. Ernest and Ellen had five children. They were: 1. A female child born in 1898 and died within 3 months in the same year. 2. Olive Elle...