1918-2008: Ninety Years of Remembrance

Soldier Record

Ernest Betts

Contributed by: , on 2008-11-11

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Rank
First NameErnest
SurnameBetts
Year of Birth1889
Year of Death1948
RegimentEast Yorkshire Regiment
Place of Wartime ResidenceOther

Ernest's Story

Until you start to research your relatives who fought for us in WW1 you then begin to comprehend how brave our grandfather was. He lost a quarter of his face and had nearly forty operations and went on to have mental problems because of his wounds and what he saw on the battle fields at Marne.

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