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220751

Pte. Ernest Henry Lake

British Army 8th Btn Somerset Light Infantry

from:Tawstock, Devon

(d.4th Oct 1917)

Private 33167, Ernest Henry Lake, (formerly 44452 of the Devonshire Regiment) was killed in action on the 4th October 1917 at the Third Battle of Ypres. According to the war diaries of the 8th Battalion of the Somersets, on that day, the Battalion lost 3 officers and 27 other ranks.

He is remembered on the Tyne Cot memorial and was survived by his wife, Emily.



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