Inscription
In ever loving memory
OF OUR DEAR SON
ERNIE
5TH ROYAL WARWICK REGT
ELDEST SON OF
C.W. AND E.A. MCGONNELL
WHO DIED AT THE
1ST NOR. GEN. HOSPITAL NEWCASTLE
ON OCT 12TH 1918 AGED 18
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Further Information
Ernest Frank McGonnell was the son of Charles William McGonnell and his wife Elizabeth Ann (nee Cotton). He was baptised on 14th October 1900 at St Catherines, Ventnor.
from the Isle of Wight Mercury and Ventnor Gazette, Friday October 18, 1918 :
The death occurred on Saturday morning last of Pte Ernest McGonnell, eldest son of Pte and Mrs W McGonnell, of Clarence Road, [Ventnor]. He was an apprentice at the International Stores and enlisted about
three weeks ago [i.e. in September 1918]. On Friday morning his mother received telegraphic information that he was lying seriously ill at a camp
in Northumberland. She immediately left for his bedside, and arrived with her husband a few hours before their son passed away, the cause of death being
double pneumonia. Deceased was 18 years of age and was well known to the numerous clientele of the International Stores. The body has been
brought back to Ventnor for interment and the funeral took place this (Friday) afternoon at the Cemetery.
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