Private 8754 Samuel Ellis MIDDLETON

Private 8754 Samuel Ellis Middleton{gallery}Pte S E Middleton{/gallery}2nd Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Died of wounds in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, La Gorgue, France and Flanders, 11th March 1915, aged 16

• Buried: Estaires Communal Cemetery, Nord, France. Grave III.C.17
  
• Awarded: 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
  
• Son of Samuel and Lilian Matlida Middleton
• NNWFHS Memorials: Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments and Queen’s Road School
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Middleton
• Estaires Communal Cemetery
• Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

1911 Census and Family History Information

• Born c1899 at Chilvers Coton
• Attended Queen’s Road School
  
• Lived at 19 Dugdale Road, Chilvers Coton [1901]
  
• Lived at 55 Victoria Street, Nuneaton [1911]
• Employed as a coal miner at Arley Colliery at date of enlistment
  
• Enlisted at Nuneaton. Arrived in France 4 Jan 1915.
• A family story from Robert Lee is that Ellis (Robert’s great-uncle) and his friends ran off to Scotland to enlist as they were too young and would be known to local recruiters.
• NB: Many military records record Samuel’s full name as Ernest Samuel Middleton – except the Register of Effects which correctly shows Samuel Ellis Middleton.