BLOOMER, Ernest

Ernest Bloomer was born in Brierley Hill and was an early volunteer for the South Staffords. The joined the 7th (Service) Battalion and went into training.on Salisbury Plain and Aldershot. They joined the 13th Division and by the Spring of 1915 were considered ready for foreign service. They were sent to Gallipoli in order to help break the stalemate which had resulted from the original landings in April. The Worcesters landed successfully at Suvla Bay on the 6th August but soon met resistance from a tough enemy. Attempts to reach the vital ridge of the peninsula were strongly resisted over the next four days and the Worcesters suffered many casualties. Private Ernest Bloomer was killed in action near Chocolate Hill on the 9th August and is commemorated on the Helles and Dudley Memorials.