Private Arthur Ernest Gilbert, 39308
- Batt - 9
- Unit - King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
- Section -
- Date of Birth - 1900
- Died - 26/04/1918
- Age - 18
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ContributeSource: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland. He was the son of Thomas and Sarah Gilbert. The 1911 census records, Thomas Gilbert, married 16 years and head of the family, a Railway Platelayer, born 1872 in Great Bowden, Leics., and his wife Sarah, born 1875 in Dingley, Northants. The children were Margaret Ellen, a Corset Factory Hand, born 1895, Albert John, a Corset Factory Hand, born 1897, Violet Mabel, a Corset Factory Hand, Ernest Arthur, a Schoolboy, born 1900 and William George, a Schoolboy, born 1901, all the children were born in Great Bowden, Leics. The family were residing at 26, The Green, Great Bowden, Leics.
- Conflict - World War I
- Cause of death - Missing In Action
- Unit - King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
- Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
- Burial Commemoration - Tyne Cot Mem., Zonnebeke, West Vlaanderen, Belgium
- Born - Great Bowden, Leics
- Enlisted - Market Harborough, Leics
- Place of Residence - 33 Langton Road, Great Bowden, Leicestershire, England
- Memorial - MARKET HARBOROUGH MEM., LEICS
- Memorial - SS. PETER & PAUL'S CHURCH, GREAT BOWDEN, LEICS
- Memorial - COTTAGE HOSPITAL WAR MEM., MARKET HARBOROUGH, LEICS
- Memorial - CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH MEM., GREAT BOWDEN, LEICS
