This couple married at the parish church of St Clement, Bristol on 28 March 1918. Ernest is recorded as an 18-year-old bachelor, a Private in the 52nd Battalion the Hampshire Regiment and ‘on active service’, son of chemist Joseph William Yeo. Caroline is recorded as a 17-year-old spinster of 13 Dale Street, daughter of labourer John Thomas Pateman. They were married by licence.
Ernest and Caroline had six children between 1918 and 1936, including:
– William Hector John Yeo, who died in 1943 while serving as a Flying Officer with the Royal Air Force
– Frederick George Wilson Yeo, who died in 1944 while serving in the Netherlands as a driver with the Royal Army Service Corps.
Ernest died in 1969; Caroline lived until 1979. For more information about this family see Descendants of Richard Yea of Oakhampton, Wiveliscombe.
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