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« on: Wednesday 01 November 17 20:52 GMT (UK) »
I would much appreciate any information about the military service of my grandfather Thomas Ernest (“Ernie”) Roberts, b.1889 in Ipswich. He was reluctant to talk about the war and we have only a little information from my father’s recollection, as follows. He was at Gallipoli with the Royal Engineers and later in Palestine under Allenby. He contracted dysentery and was in hospital for 6 months in Alexandria. A good footballer, he claimed to have played for the RE although at what level we don’t know. Presumably his is one of the many Burnt Records as I can't find any other information.