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Record #8894

Name :: : Ernest John DIPLOCK (1897 - 1917)
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Date of Birth: : Nov 1897
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 14 May 1917 Notes : Killed in Action

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Sussex, Ringmer

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialFrance, Tilloy

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 28 May 1909
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Corsican
Placement Family: :

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Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesA birth registration was found for Ernest John Diplock: Year of Registration: 1897; Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec; District: Lewes; County: Sussex, East Sussex; Volume: 2b; Page: 171.

In 1909, Ernest Diplock, 11, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 161 Barnardo children en route to Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

In "Valiant Hearts of Ringmer" by Geoff Bridger: Ammonite Press, 1993, it was written about Ernest John Diplock:

"One of the younger of our parishioners to die, Ernest John Diplock was born on 4th November 1897. He was baptised at St. Mary the Virgin Church and subsequently educated at Ringmer School from 15th April 1901 until 1st February 1909 when the School Admissions Register states that he 'Left the District'. It seems that some time after that young Ernest emigrated to Canada.

Although he lived originally with Jane and Alfred Diplock at Ringmer Green in 1901, he was in fact the illegitimate son of their eldest daughter Jane.

As a Private, number 202012 (formerly 4746) Ernest saw considerable action in the fifteen months before his death on 14th May 1917. He served in the 1/1st City of London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) as part of the 167th Brigade in the 56th Division. The Battalion was especially involved in the Battles of the Somme. They initially attacked in the north on 1st July 1916 against the formidably fortified Gommecourt Salient where many casualties occurred. From 20th August they fought in other parts of the Somme, notably in the Battles of Ginchy, Flers-Courcelette and Morval. All of these are in the southern parts of the zone and the fighting was bitter and intense. The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, from 15th to 22nd September 1916, is particularly notable as it was the first occasion that tanks were used in action.

From the end of October 1916 until Spring 1917 the 167th Brigade occupied an area near Neuve Chapelle. It had been the scene of much fighting in 1915 and the opposing lines were very close together. The terrain was largely flat and waterlogged beside being strewn with the carnage and general debris of war. It was a vile and unhealthy place to spend a winter of intermittent fighting, not only against the Germans but also to survive against the elements.

On 9th April 1917 Private Diplock was in the thick of the successful attack against the heavily fortified village of Neuville Vitasse. This action cost the Battalion dearly in lives but Ernest was to be spared for one more month.

From 8th to 12th May 1917 the Battalion was ordered to bivouac at Tilloy for the purpose of resting and reorganising. Their peace was shattered, literally, on the 11th when four heavy 24cm naval shells dropped into the bivouac and killed fourteen of their number. The Battalion then moved up to the Wancourt Line during 12th May to relieve the Queen Victoria Rifles. The following day they took over the left sector north of the Cambrai Road from the London Scottish.

Massive shelling of their front and support lines on 14th May killed six more of their depleted numbers. Among the dead that day was Ernest Diplock. His body was never recovered, indeed it was most probably blown to pieces. He is commemorated by name on the Memorial to the Missing at Arras.

With not even a grave to visit, all his mother received to cherish in exchange for her son's young life were the British War & Victory Medals, plus of course the Memorial Plaque & Scroll."

ContributorsCreated : 2009-07-12 20:49:09 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-07-12 21:08:10 /

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
3057	ABBOTT, Harold Lancelot	1895	ENG, SSX, Steyning	Jul 1911 : Corsican	CAN	Labourers & Domestics
21088	ADAMS, Percy Robert	1884	ENG, SSX, Hastings	Apr 1898 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
8059	ADAMS, Sophia Elizabeth	1847	ENG, SSX, Hurstpierpoint	Jun 1869 : Austrian	CAN	Maria Rye
16636	ALABASTER, George William	1877	ENG, SSX, Chichester	May 1890 : Parisian	CAN	Rev. William J. Pady
2851	ALCE, William Henry	1894	ENG, SSX, Seaford	May 1911 : Corsican	CAN	Louisa Birt
9623	ALDRICH, Francis Vincent	1900	ENG, SSX, Brighton	May 1910 : Corsican	CAN	Unknown Catholic Group
10218	ALEXANDER, Edward Bubbings	1901	ENG, SSX, Rye	May 1913 : Corsican	CAN	MacPherson Homes
10417	ALEXANDER, Kevin Ernest	1909	ENG, SSX, Littlehampton	May 1921 : Minnedosa	CAN	Father Hudsons Homes
25137	ANDREWS, Herbert George	1912	ENG, SSX	Feb 1924 : Euripides	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
19225	BACKSHALL, Charles Albert Edward	1903	ENG, SSX, Brighton	Sep 1912 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
16427	BANKS, Harry	1915	ENG, SSX, New Haven	Jul 1923 : Minnedosa	CAN	Barnardos
16392	BANKS, Hilda Pearl	1909	ENG, SSX, Eastbourne	Sep 1921 : Minnedosa	CAN	Barnardos
16391	BANKS, Ivy Melisa	1917	ENG, SSX, Eastbourne	Sep 1921 : Minnedosa	CAN	Barnardos
4077	BARBER, Walter	1887	ENG, SSX, Camberwell	Jun 1906 : Siberian	CAN	Middlemore
8684	BARRINGER, Frank	1895	ENG, SSX, Lewes	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos	Shanley
11076	BATHE, Harry	1889	ENG, SSX, Brighton	Sep 1901 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
4317	BEATEY, James Henry	1873	ENG, SSX, Steyning	1888 : - Unknown -	CAN	Washwell House
16688	BLUNT, Albert	1882	ENG, SSX, Eastborne	Mar 1892 : Carthaginian	CAN	Barnardos
22125	BONE, Peter Knowles	1913	ENG, SSX, Eastbourne	May 1931 : Westernland	CAN	National Association of Boys\' Clubs
3481	BOUGH, Arthur	1896	ENG, SSX, Steyning	Mar 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
27021	BREACH, Godfrey James	1913	ENG, SSX, Hastings	Mar 1926 : Berrima	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
8737	BRENTON, Charles L.	1911	ENG, SSX, Hailsham	Apr 1928 : Andania	CAN	Waifs & Strays
5511	BROOKMAN, Michael John. D.	1930	ENG, SSX, Brighton	Aug 1939 : Orama	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
26272	BROWN, Horace	1920	ENG, SSX, Hastings	Apr 1930 : Jervis Bay	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
3330	BRUNGER, Ada Zora	1899	ENG, SSX, Hastings	Apr 1912 : Corsican	CAN	Louisa Birt
3329	BRUNGER, Charles Edward	1896	ENG, SSX, Hastings	May 1910 : Corsican	CAN	Louisa Birt
4247	BUDDLE, Adelaide Jane	1887	ENG, SSX, Brighton	Sep 1895 : Sardinian	CAN	Barnardos
10661	BURRAGE, Arthur	1899	ENG, SSX, Horsham	Jul 1915 : Hesperian	CAN	Catholic Emigration Society
4718	CARNOHAN, Percy Bell	1897	ENG, SSX, Brighton	Oct 1905 : Canada	CAN	Barnardos
3497	CHARMAN, George Frewin	1896	ENG, SSX, Horsham	Apr 1908 : Lake Champlain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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