Private Ernest Sydney DONCASTER. 91858.
Remembrance - The Yorkshire Regiment, First World War
Private Ernest Sydney DONCASTER
91858
Close window to return to main page
Private Ernest Sydney DONCASTER. 91858.

Select the thumbnail image above for a larger image which opens in a new window.

Private Ernest Sydney DONCASTER. 91858.

5th Battalion Tank Corps, formerly 39016 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 22 March 1918.
Enlisted Richmond (Yorks).
Commemorated Panel 94, POZIERES MEMORIAL.

"Ernest Sidney Doncaster was born in 1898 in Grantham. Son of William Mason Doncaster and Eliza Jane (nee Ballaam).
Enlisted at Richmond - 39016 Yorkshire Regiment.
His mother always believed he may return and never locked the back door, just in case. His brother, Henry Mason Doncaster, is also on the Grantham War Memorial. He enlisted in Grantham, was wounded and returned home, only to die from his injuries and pneumonia a few months later".

The photo and further biographical details were supplied by Mark Jose, whose wife is a great niece of the Doncaster brothers.

-----------------> Return to top of the page