Private Ernest Samuel Brandom
Rank or Title
Date of Birth
1896
Date of Death
9 Sep 1916
Regiment
Service Number
G/14511
Place of Birth
Luton
World War I Address
38 Duke Street
Luton
Place of Death
Somme
Grave Location
Unknown grave
War Memorial Location
Soldier or Civilian
- Soldier
Source
The Luton News/Saturday Telegraph , 14th October 1916

Pte Ernest Brandom, G/14511, 2nd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment, was killed in action on the Somme on September 9th, 1916. He was aged 20.
He joined up soon after war broke out and left for the Front just a couple of months before his death. Parents Frederick George and Sarah Ann Brandom lived at 38 Duke Street, Luton.
At the time of the 1911 Census, 15-year-old Ernest was described as a grocer's assistant.
His father was also in France, serving with a labour unit, and he had one brother in training at Ampthill and another in training with the Royal Engineers at Sutton-on-Sea.
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