Pte. William Ernest Dumbleton, WW1. 260059

Other Events:

• Remembrance: DUMBLETON, WILLIAM ERNEST Rank: Private Service No: 260059 Date of Death: 19/07/1917 Age: 37 Regiment/Service: Yorkshire Regiment 5th Bn. Grave Reference C. 20. Cemetery HENINEL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Additional Information: Son of Mrs. Marie Holton, of Banbury, Oxon.; husband of Nellie Dumbleton, of 80, Honey Hill Rd., Bedford.

Notes:

Buried:
France
Locality:
Pas de Calais
Identified Casualties:
133
Location Information
Heninel is a village some 10 kilometres south-east of Arras on the D33. The Cemetery is a little north-east of the village on the north side of the road from Heninel to Cherisy down a 500 metre track.

Historical Information
Heninel village was captured in a snowstorm on 12 April 1917 by the 56th (London) and 21st Division and the 50th (Northumbrian) Division, advancing from Heninel on the two following days, captured Wancourt Tower.

The extension was begun by the 50th Division Burial Officer in April 1917 and was used by fighting units until the following November.

Heninel Communal Cemetery Extension contains 140 burials of the First World War, seven of them unidentified.

William married Nellie Leach 1904, Bedford, England. Nellie was born 1881, Ilkley, Yorkshire; died 1968, Bedford, England. [Group Sheet]

1. Dora Maude Dumbleton was born 23 Oct 1904, Bedford, England; died 1993, Surrey N. W., England.
2. Cyril Ernest Dumbleton was born 1907, Bedford, England.
3. Seymour Charles Dumbleton
4. Marjorie Olive Dumbleton was born 1910, Bedford, England.
5. Ronald E Dumbleton was born 1913, Bedford, England.
6. Douglas Allen Dumbleton was born 12 Dec 1914, Bedford, England; died 1977, Bedford, England.

William married Ellen Maria Stevens 1879, Litchfield, Staffordshire. Ellen died 1936, Banbury, Oxfordshire. [Group Sheet]