SE/1720, Sergeant, Ernest George PASK
Aged 50
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Born in Wickhambrook in Q2-1866 [Risbridge 4a:426], 2nd son of Jacob and Eliza PASK [E] (née BRETT), of The Cottage, Fornham All
Saints.
1871 census...George [5] was at Heath Cottage, Fornham All Saints with his father Jacob [33], a farm labourer born Wickhambrook; his mother Eliza [29] born Poslingford; his sisters Harriet [8] and Sarah [4], and brother John William [6]. All the children were born in Wickhambrook. 1881 census...Ernest [14] a domestic under groom, was still at Heath Cottage with his parents and brother William. 1891 census... George had left home. Not found in 1891 census so far. His parents and brother William were still at Heath Cottage. In Q1-1899 he married Rose PITCHES in Newmarket. 1901 census... Ernest [31] a stableman, was at Icewell Hill,Newmarket with his wife Rose and daughter Hattie [7 months] born Newmarket. 1911 census...Ernest [45] a stableman was still at Icewell Hill with his wife, daughter Hattie Audrey, and Ernest Arthur [8] and Lilian Rose [6]. All the children were born in Newmarket. About the time of his death Rose was living at 10 Field Terrace Road, Newmarket. Rose married George's brother John William in 1919. |
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He enlisted in Newmarket. Newmarket Journal 1st June 1918 reported he was accidentally killed. It transpires that George was killed in a riding accident
during military sports in the Pas de Calais region of France His entry in "Our Exning Heroes" reads: "Born at Wickhambrook in 1866, and educated at Bury, he started on a farm at Fordham, then he went to the Rosary as under-coachman, and next to the Gas Works. He was there when war broke out, and immediately, although well over military age, he joined up in the Army Veterinary Corps and went to Ireland for training. As a Corporal he went out to Egypt, and then he was sent to France as a Sergeant. It was during some preparations for Military sports that a horse which he was riding failed in a jump, and both rider and horse fell, and Sergeant Paske was killed, being crushed by the horse. His officer writes to his wife: "Your husband was in my section and there was no man in the Section I held in higher esteem. He was not only a soldier but a splendid man all round. I have seen him out at all times and in all weathers attending to his horses, and showing a cheerful enthusiasm that must have sprung from a high sense of duty. His death is a great loss to the Battery." |
photo: Michael J. Pettitt © Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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