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Record #21470
Name :
: Ernest Beresford ROWLAND (1894 - 1916)
  aka : Private Rowland


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 25 Dec 1894

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 9 Sep 1916   Notes : Killed in Action
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Sussex, Chichester
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialFrance, Somme, Thiepval
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 11 Apr 1905
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Kensington

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
: Barnardo Homes

Agency
: Barnardos
NotesThe following records have been discerned for Private Ernest Beresford Rowland.

A possible matching 1901 English Census record places Dora and William Rowland in Chichester, Sussex, England with their children William (8), Ernest (6), Jessie (3) and Albert 8 months. William is a Brick Layer by trade.
A later 1911 Census places young Jessie Rowlands as 13 years of age born in Chichester, Sussex in the household of her Uncle at 72 Harold Road Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire. Her relatives were Emily and George Burr.

Library and Archives Canada
Surname: ROWLAND
Given Name: Ernest B.
Age: 10
Sex: M
Ship: Kensington
Year of Arrival: 1905
Departure Port: Liverpool
Departure Date: 1905-03-30
Arrival Port: Portland
Arrival Date: 1905-04-11
Party: Barnardo Homes
Comments: The ship docked at Halifax, then Portland, where 269 boys disembarked. The original list was lost and a list prepared in 1934 appears on the reel.
Source: Library and Archives Canada
Reference: RG 76 C1b
Microfilm: T-499
Type of Record: Passenger Lists

Attestation papers signed 1 Mar 1915 in Ottawa, Ontario. Ernest Beresford Rowland was born 25 Dec 1894 in Portsmouth, England. He was a Farmer by occupation. His Next of Kin was Dora Rowland, his mother, of 295 Reginald Road, Portsmouth but that information was crossed out with Warren Avenue, Laundry, Milton, Portsmouth written by hand. 5' 5 1/2" in height with blue eyes and dark brown hair, he had a mole under his lip. His religion was listed as Church of England.

Commonwealth War Graves Registers and Circumstances of Casualty both state he was Killed in Action. He died in the trenches south east of Thiepval, Somme, Picardie, France. His body was not recovered, his name is listed on the Vimy Memorial in Vimy, Nord Pas de Calais, France.

Find A Grave Memorial# 56683174 
ContributorsCreated : 2013-01-12 14:13:53 / From original database

Last Updated : 2013-12-09 11:09:31 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
16636 ALABASTER, George William1877ENG, SSX, Chichester May 1890 : Parisian CAN Rev. William J. Pady  
7724 MCMASTER, Annie1858ENG, SSX, Chichester Jul 1870 : Prussian CAN Maria Rye  
7773 MCMASTER, George1862ENG, SSX, Chichester Jul 1870 : Prussian CAN Maria Rye  
21470 ROWLAND, Ernest Beresford1894ENG, SSX, Chichester Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
4858 WHEELER, William1912ENG,    , Chichester Apr 1925 : Montclare CAN Barnardos