John Ernest Stubley

View John Ernest on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website
Service number:
13398
Rank:
Private
Service:
Lincolnshire Regiment
Origin:
Date of birth:
1891
Date of death:
18 September 1916
Age at Death:
25
STUBLEY John Ernest

Known information

John Ernest Stubley was born in Great Casterton, the younger son of John and Elizabeth Stubley. The family later moved to Tinwell before settling in Stamford. It was from Stamford that John enlisted, joining the 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. He was killed during the Battle of the Somme, in September 1916. According to his battalion's war diary, the Lincolnshires were occupying Constance trench just

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A picture of Mr Stubley's headstone, taken on my trip to Pozieres British Cemetery today.
By John Stokes on Sunday 10th September '17 at 6:50pm
A Rutlander, living in Belgium
 

Rutland and The Battle of the Somme

More than 90 Rutland soldiers died in the Battle of the Somme which lasted from 1 July 1916 until the middle of November. Today they lie in cemeteries across the old battlefield in northern France or are remembered among the 72,000 names on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme. By using our interactive map, you can find out what happened to them.

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