Born: Long Melford, Suffolk on 1.6.1874.  Parents: John Hosea Chisnall  (Hairdresser) and Emma [née Grice].  Family Connections: Brother to Frederick George Chisnall [b1878].  Home: Hall Street, Long Melford (1881), living with John Chisnall (Grandfather) in Market Place, Clare, Suffolk (1891), Hall Street, Long Melford (1901), 229 Knights Hill, West Norwood, Surrey (1911), 19 Casewick Road, Norwood, Surrey [1919], 69 Rochester Avenue, Feltham, Middlesex (1939) to [1941].  Occupation: Hairdresser (1901 and 1911), Temporary Postman (1939).  Married: Jane ‘Jennie’ Byham in 1899.  Service Record: Ernest is recorded as a member of the Melford Silver Band in 1900.  During the First World War he was attested as Gdmn.20786 with 3^rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards and posted to France from 26.7.1915 as part of 2^nd Guards Brigade, Guards Division.  His battalion saw action during the Somme Offensive of 1916, the Third Battles of Ypres and Cambrai in 1917, and the First and Second Battles of the Somme, the Battles of the Hindenburg Line, and the Battle of the Sambre in 1918.  Died: Isleworth, Middlesex on 16.10.1941.[1]

[1] Date of birth from the Baptism Register 7.3.1875, Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford.  My thanks to Tim Seppings of Sudbury for showing Ernest’s connection to the Melford Silver Band.  For details of 3^rd Grenadier’s movements see War Diary [WO 95/1219/1].  See also his Service Medal and Award Rolls 1914-1918 [WO 329] and Service Medal and Award Rolls Index Cards 1914-1922 [WO 372].  Date of death from the National Probate Calendar.