Ernest Frederick Romans

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Ernest Frederick Romans was born in Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales, on 11 Feb 1892 and baptised there on 5 May 1892 the son of Albert Charles Romans and Esther Romans (nee Rowlands).  He lived his early life in Llanelly but had received some of his education at Shaftesbury Grammar School, Shaftesbury, Dorset, which he left in 1906.   His family had moved to Aldershot, Surrey, where he obtained employment with the GPO as a Sorting Clerk and Telegraphist.  He had originally enlisted with the Hampshire Yeomanry (Territorial Force) as a Private (Service No. 763).  On embodiment he transferred to the Royal Engineers as a Sapper (Service No. 152175).  It is not known in which theatre of war he served but on his discharge was awarded the Victory and British War Medals.  He married Alice Sylvester on 25 Jun 1919 at East Meon, Petersfield, Hampshire. He became a member of the Freemasons on 10 Feb 1921 with the Loyal Wye Lodge. The 1921 Census shows him boarding at 'Brynllyr', Builth Wells, Breconshire, Wales, working as a Post Office Clerk. By the time of the 1939 Register he was living at 23 Grafton Walk, Hoylake, Cheshire, described as a Civil Servant and Postmaster.  His death was recorded in the Birkenhead, Merseyside, Registry in 1978.