8/4864 Pte Ernest Albert Jasper, 13th Bn, Hampshire Regt

Another day, another staggering death toll; 317 British Army officers and men died on the 26th February 1917 and 8/4864 Private Ernest Albert Jasper of the 13th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment was one of the day's fatalities. He wasn't killed in action but died in the UK, probably as a result of sickness.

Soldiers Died in The Great War records that Ernest Jasper was born in Lezant, Cornwall and was still living there when he enlisted. His place of enlistment was Launceston. Soldiers Died records his regiment as the Hampshire regiment although the Commonwealth War Graves Commission notes that he was serving with the 34th Training Reserve Battalion. It also gives the additional information that he was 24 years old, the son of of "J and Mary M Jasper of Trecarrell Mill, Lezant, Launceston."

Ernest Jasper is buried in Coad's Green Wesleyan Chapel in Cornwall.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk
Army Service Numbers 1881-1918
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Soldiers Died in The Great War