ERNEST FOUNTAIN
From May through to September 2026, Andrew will be fulfilling his dream to hike the iconic Land’s End to John O’Groats! You are all warmly invited to follow Andrew’s epic journey on his Facebook page, “Andrew Beal LEJOG”: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577588795730
As Andrew hikes the 1,300+ miles, he will raise funds for the Ipswich War Memorial Project to help finance our future exhibitions and research of the brave Ipswich men and women who lost their lives in conflict. If you would like to make a small donation, please click on the link: https://gofund.me/5d4a50570
Thank you for your love and support. Andrew & Helen – I.W.M.P.
Born: January 1914, Ipswich.
Died: 4th May 1945; age: 31; accidentally killed when his British submachine Sten gun was knocked from the back of his chair in a cafe in Bremen.
Residence: 18, Curriers Lane, Ipswich.
Rank: Corporal; Service Number: 5825867.
Regiment: Suffolk Regiment, 1st Battalion.
The body was originally buried at Fahrenhorst. On the 22nd August 1946, the body was exhumed, identified and reburied at Becklingen War Cemetery.
Grave Reference:
7.D.6.
Niedersachsen,
Germany.
Relatives Notified & Address: Son of Walter James Fountain & Sarah Jane Fountain, of Ipswich.
Father: Walter James Fountain, born 1872, Ipswich – died July 1934, Ipswich.
Mother: Sarah Jane Fountain (nee Edwards), born 1871, Ipswich – died 1944, Ipswich.
In 1934, Ipswich, Ernest married Edith Mary Clark, born 1914, Ipswich- daughter of William Clark, a goods porter for Great Eastern Railway, and Mary Clark (nee Mills), of 6, Goldsmith Road, Ipswich.
Edith and Ernest had one son:
Ernest F.C. Fountain, born 1934, Ipswich.
ENGLAND & WALES REGISTER 1939.
Ernest’s wife, Edith, a Kitchen Maid, and their son Ernest lived with Edith’s widowed mother and her brothers at their home – 6, Goldsmith Road, Ipswich.
On the 4th February 1943, 30 year old Edith Mary Fountain died at the Ipswich Borough General Hospital, of Influenzal Pneumonia and Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis. Her widowed mother, Mary Clark, was at her bedside.
Probate to Mrs. Ellen Jane Coleman – sister.
Extra information courtesy of Daniel & Catherine.
2 Comments
This is my great grandad, proud to call him that!
Hi Charles. He is my great uncle. I am doing a family tree and I have some photos of Ernest in books. Please feel free to contact me on dan@fountain.me.uk