Private Ezra Hardiman Jewson

Item

Title

Private Ezra Hardiman Jewson

Who?

Private Ezra Hardiman Jewson

Item(s)

Sectioned Mills Bomb
Brass Cap Souvenir
Brass Cap Souvenir
Trench Saw in Leather Pouch (believed to have been issued to Ezra)

Story

Pte Ezra Hardiman Jewson joined the 2nd Bn Bedfordshire Regiment in November 1915. Ezra was wounded in a gas attack at Le Transloy in October 1916 and discharged from the Army in March 1918.

Ezra was born in 1881 and raised in Terrington St Clements, Norfolk
He survived the war and died in 1977 aged 96.

When?

1915-18

Where?

Le Transloy

Contributor

Ezra’s maternal Grandson, Mark Broughton

Collection Day

King's Lynn, Norfolk

This item was submitted on June 10, 2019