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Ernest Arthur Perren
1874 - 1951 (77 years)
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Name Ernest Arthur Perren Birth 11 Mar 1874 Rotherhithe, Surrey 
Christening 9 Aug 1883 St Barnabas, Rotherhithe, Surrey Gender Male Occupation Customs Watcher Death 22 Mar 1951 Dartford, Kent, England Person ID I86 Mary Ann Worster's Tree Last Modified 18 Sep 2017
Father Alfred Perren, b. 8 Mar 1840, Lewisham, Kent, England d. 19 Dec 1896, Deptford North, Kent, England (Age 56 years) Relationship natural Mother Sarah Burrows, b. 29 May 1850, Bruisyard, Suffolk, England d. 2 Feb 1933, St Olave Hospital, Rotherhithe, Surrey (Age 82 years) Relationship natural Marriage 22 Nov 1870 St Mary, Lambeth, Surrey Family ID F21 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Alice Maud Cornish, b. 22 Dec 1885, Rotherhithe, Surrey d. 20 Jun 1953, Bexley/Welling Hospital, Kent (Age 67 years) Marriage 25 Dec 1909 St Katharine, Rotherhithe, Surrey Children + 1. Alice Beatrice Perren, b. 21 Oct 1910, Rotherhithe, Surrey d. 22 Nov 2002, Meriden, Warwickshire, England (Age 92 years)Family ID F915 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 18 Sep 2017
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Event Map 
Birth - 11 Mar 1874 - Rotherhithe, Surrey 
Christening - 9 Aug 1883 - St Barnabas, Rotherhithe, Surrey 
Marriage - 25 Dec 1909 - St Katharine, Rotherhithe, Surrey 
Death - 22 Mar 1951 - Dartford, Kent, England = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Photos 
Ernest Arthur Perren 
Ernest Arthur Perren in the Army
Ernest in uniform
Ernest Arthur Perren Wounded
This photo is of Ernest with his two stretcher bearers who saved his life. Taken in June 1901 in the hospital tent at the base camp in South Africa.
Histories 
Ernest Arthur Perren
Ernest was born on 11 March 1874 at Rotherhithe, Surrey, second son at Alfred & Sarah Perren of 6 Clare Hall Cottages. His elder brother went on to become a famous cyclist (penny-farthing cycles), and won many trophies.
Little is known of Ernest's younger years until he joined the army (when actually under age). – the 3rd Bn Royal West Surrey Regt. His discharge was later purchased but on 27 May 1895 (when aged 20 yrs) he re-joined the army - this time the Loyal North Lancs Regt.
In Sept 1899 (when a Corporal) he went to Malta and then on to South Africa to fight in the Boer War. Ernest was severely wounded on 26 May 1901 at Donkerspoorsvort, and was carried by stretcher for two days and two nights, frequently fainting through extreme pain, and at one point believed dead. His two friends (the stretcher¬ bearers) refused to leave him behind. Eventually he arrived in hospital at Malta and later received further treatment at the Brook Hospital in South London.
On Christmas Day 1909 (when aged 35) he married Alice Cornish, and their only child, Alice Perren, was born on 21 October 1910 at their home in Silverlock Street, Rotherhithe, Surrey.
Although he had been invalided out of the army, he was a most determined character - his occupations included - H.M. Customs & Excise Watcher in both London and Scotland: Shopkeeper at Blackheath Hill: Wood Carver (mainly of toys) and (later} Superviser at the British Legion Poppy Factory at Richmond-on-Thames, Surrey.
In 1934 Ernest bought his first house at Welling in Kent. His daughter married there and her two children were born there - Ernest and his wife Alice living with them until their deaths in 1951 (Ernest at age 77 yrs) and 1953 (Alice at age 67 yrs).
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