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Ernest FLETCHER was Sapper 551124 of the 106th Company of the Royal Engineers. He died on the 9th April 1918, age 30, and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial. He was the son of the late Amos Fletcher, of Glevering Farm, Wickham Market, Suffolk and husband of Alice Louisa Lowick (formerly Fletcher), of 99, St. Helens St., Ipswich. Further information on Ernest's parents and his family's link with Charsfield can be found on his brother Harry Fletcher's page.
Around the eastern boundary of Tyne Cot Cemetery near the town of Ieper in Belgium stands the Tyne Cot Memorial. It bears the names of some 35,000 men of the British and New Zealand forces who have no known grave, nearly all of whom died between August 1917 and November 1918. This area on the Western Front was the scene of the Third Battle of Ypres. Also known as the Battle of Passchendaele, it was one of the major battles of the First World War.
The following is a link to Ernest's page on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website from where you can download Ernest's Commemorative Certificate.
David Clough and Richard Ginn
August 2021