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Ernest Welburn, aged 22, joined the army on 30 Nov 1914, he served in the RAMC (Royal Army Medical Corps), the 3rd Northumbrian Field Ambulance. He served as a private, but was promoted Lance-Corporal on 21 Apr 1917. He had three spells of leave in the UK, but spent the whole war on the Western Front, having arrived in France on 27 May 1915. His role was one of non-combatant yet he was required to be near or at the front line. He left the army in Feb 1919. He received the 1914-15 Star and the War and Victory Medals.
Ernest was born in Beverley the 12 Sep 1894, the son of William Henry Welburn and Emily (nee Mitchell). William was the caretaker at Beverley High School on Norwood and the family lived there on site. Ernest attended the Spencer Street School, Beverley and then the Grammar School in 1908. On leaving school he became a solicitor's clerk. He was also a member of the Church Lads Brigade.
His younger brothers, Walter and Tom served in the 5th Battalion of the Yorkshire Regiment, enlisting together on 21 Aug 1914.
Ernest resumed his career as a clerk. In 1922 he married in Kate Peck in Beverley. Ernest died in 1981.
He is mentioned on the Norwood Street Shrine, Beverley.
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