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Ernest Lount was born James Ernest Lount the 3 Oct 1895 and was baptised on 16 Oct 1895 in Bradford, West Yorkshire. He was the son of George Abraham and Edith Lount. Two brothers were born after Ernest and then the family moved to Beverley where other family members resided. A further child, a daughter Edith May, was born to the couple before Edith, Ernest's mother, sadly died. His father then went on to marry Sarah Ann Robinson. George and Sarah had a further eight children.
Ernest and his brother George joined the Wagoner's Reserve. Ernest appears in the paper having sent a letter home, both brothers sent thank you postcards for 'smokes' to a Mr J Wilson of Grovehill Road, Beverley. On the Beckside roll of honour both brothers appear alongside their younger brother John, who joined the Royal Navy. All the brothers received the Victory Medal and the British Medal with Ernest also receiving the Fourteen Star.
In 1920 Ernest married his cousin, Charlotte Annie Lount, the daughter of Herbert Hudson Lount. The couple appear not to have had any children and Ernest died in 1928 in Bradford. His wife Charlotte moved back to Beverley where she died in 1982.
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