Carleton Rode First World War Archive
Ernest Edward Saker born 12th of September, 1899 was the youngest of six brothers who fought in the First World War. James Saker, was killed and is remembered on the Carleton Rode War Memorial (and there are four brothers in the Survivors section of this website which give details of the family history). Ernest served in the army. He enlisted in the Middlesex …
James Saker was born on the 25th November 1890, in Kelsale, Suffolk. His father was Robert Saker from Henham, Suffolk, and his wife, Betsy (nee Calver) from Kelsale. By the 1901 census, Robert is listed as blind and the family were probably in receipt of parish relief. HIs occupation had previously been recorded as a hawker. There were 13 children born to the …
