Ernest Cecil Jopling (1890-1960)
Durham Light Infantry Sergeant Major
Ernest Cecil Jopling was born in Chester-le-Street, where he lived throughout his childhood. He moved with his family to Gateshead, where he was living in 1909 when he first enlisted with the Durham Light Infantry (DLI) on 1 April 1909. He joined the army for a period of four years to reengage for periods of one year from 1913. He was a Lance Sergeant, with the number 622.
After the war, he re-enlisted again with the DLI on 18 March 1920, but this time, for a period of three years as a Sergeant Major, numbered 325994.
Civil Parish: Gateshead
Birth date: 04-Oct-1890
Death date: 1960
Armed force/civilian: Army
Residence: Chester-le-Street, County Durham (birth place)
Elizabeth Street, Chester-le-Street, County Durham (1891 census)
143 Brinkburn Avenue, Gateshead, County Durham (1909, 1911 census)
Gateshead (1920)
Religion: Church of England
Employment: Brass finisher (1909, 1911 census, 1920)
Family: Father: Robert Jopling
Mother: Margaret Jopling
Siblings: Robert Jopling, Laura Jopling, Philip Jopling
Military service:
Lance Sergeant/ Company Sergeant Major
Regimental number: 622, later 325994
C Company, 2/9th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
Medal(s): British War Medal
Victory Medal
Gender: Male
Contributed by John Sheen | Durham at War Volunteer
