Private 11604 Ernest Alexander OVERTON

Private 11604 Ernest Alexander Overton{gallery}NuneatonRWR-Amara{/gallery}9th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Killed in action during the Advance on Baghdad (Hai River), Mesopotamia, 25th January 1917, aged 28

• Commemorated: Amara War Cemetery, Iraq. Grave XIX.K.9
  
• Awarded: 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of Henry and Emma Overton
• NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WWI RWR
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Overton
• Basra Memorial
• Royal Warwickshire Regiment

1911 Census and Family History Information

• Born Jul Qtr 1888 and baptised 7 Oct 1888 at Chilvers Coton
  
• Lived at 17 Court, 2 House, Abbey Street, Nuneaton [1901]
  
• Lived at 196 Edward Street, Chilvers Coton [1911]
• Employed as a spinner in a wool factory [1911]
  
• Enlisted at Nuneaton.