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237486 Gnr. Ernest Walter Bright British Army 94th Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery from:Little Dunmmow (d.7th August 1943) Ernest Bright was born on 12th of June 1922. He was the son of Walter and Alice Bright (nee Buss). At birth he was registered as Walter E Bright, along with a twin brother Kenneth W Bright. Kenneth died early in 1923 before he was a year old. Ernest's father Walter served with the 5th Battalion the Essex Regiment in World War One. Either his birth registration was wrong or Walter Junior soon became known as Ernest, and this became his official name. He was enrolled at Little Dunmow County School on 10th May 1927. The School log book rarely records the names of pupils but young Ernest gets two mentions in his first year: "22nd June 1927 The boys visited a blacksmiths demonstration. 11.20 The boys returned to school. Ernest Bright sent home with a bad cold." The log then records a summer of bad colds and whooping coughs affecting attendance figures so that when the school returned in September we read: "8th Sept 1927 Ernest Bright sent home, as he was sick in school, and was heard whooping." He remained at Little Dunmow County School until 31st July 1936 when he 14 years old. He served as Gunner 5836371 with the 94th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery. He was aged 21 when he died on 7th August 1943. He is remembered on the Rangoon Memorial, which records the names of 27,000 who died in Burma and Assam, many of whom have no known grave. Julia Wallis Add to this record.  Related Content: 94th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery Burma & India Campaign Can you help us to add to our records? Add a record to our website. The names and stories on this website have been submitted by their relatives and friends. If your relations are not listed please add their names so that others can read about them Did you or your relatives live through the Second World War? Do you have any photos, newspaper clippings, postcards or letters from that period? Have you researched the names on your local or war memorial? Were you or your relative evacuated? Did an air raid affect your area? If so please let us know. Help us to build a database of information on those who served both at home and abroad so that future generations may learn of their sacrifice. Contact us. Celebrate your own Family History Celebrate by honouring members of your family who served in the Secomd World War both in the forces and at home. We love to hear about the soldiers, but also remember the many who served in support roles, nurses, doctors, land army, muntions workers etc. Please use our Family History resources to find out more about your relatives. Then please send in a short article, with a photo if possible, so that they can be remembered on these pages.

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