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2nd Lt. · 42 Battery, 2 Brigade, R.F.A.

Eric Appleby

† 28/10/1916 · 23 jaar · Grove Town Cemetery, Méaulte (France) II D 43

Persoonlijke gegevens

NaamAppleby
InitialenE.
VoornaamEric
Geboortedatum en -plaatsBootle; 11.06.1893
FamilieSon of Joseph and Alice Maud Appleby, of "Farnley," Moor Park, Great Crosby, Liverpool.

Extra informatie

Information
Engineering student

Militaire gegevens

Rang2nd Lt.
Regiment / Eenheid42 Battery, 2 Brigade, R.F.A.
Sterfdatum
Leeftijd23
Begraafplaats / GedenktekenGrove Town Cemetery, Méaulte (France) II D 43

Andere informatie

Information 1
Signed Visitors' Book 02.01.1916 & 11.01.1916
Information 2
Joined O.T.C. at the age of 16, afterwards with the R.E. (Terr.). Enlisted in R.F.A. in 1914.
Information 3
Died of wounds
Information 4
Commemorated on Sefton War Memorial
Information 5
The love letters between him and his Irish sweetheart Phyllis Kelly have been dramatised in a major 137-part series on BBC Radio Ulster: Love letters from the Front.

Media

Bronnen

Source 1
VB 1, p.13 & 17
Source 3
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03qq35w