Second Lieutenant Eric Robert CHILWELL

Second Lieutenant Eric Robert CHILWELL{gallery}2nd Lt E R Chilwell{/gallery}7th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry
Killed in action in France and Flanders, 16th September 1916, aged 26

• Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 6B
• Awarded: 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of Joseph and Mary A. Chilwell of Greenside, Wilnecote [1911]
• NNWFHS Memorial: Plaque inside Wilnecote Church and buried in a CWGC Grave at Wilnecote Cemetery

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for 2nd Lt Chilwell
• Wilnecote Cemetery
• Thiepval Memorial
• King’s Royal Rifle Corps

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born Jul Qtr 1890 at Marylebone, London
• Attended Tamworth Grammar School
• Lived as a boarder at 14 Heathfield Gardens, Chiswick, London [1911]
• Employed as an auctioneer’s clerk [1911]