Ernest Lawrence PETTIT

1923 - Abt 1990  (66 years)

• Name	Ernest Lawrence PETTIT
  Birth	15 Feb 1923
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt 1990
  Person ID	I2766	My Genealogy | Elizabeth Tusting and all Ancestors and descendants
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2017

  
  

  Father	Harry William PETTIT,   b. Abt 1890, Harrold, Bedfordshire, England d. Abt 1965 (Age ~ 75 years)
  Mother	Gertie Watts,   b. Abt 1895   d. 23 Dec 1965, Harrold, Bedfordshire, England (Age ~ 70 years)
  Marriage	25 Dec 1915	Harrold, Bedfordshire, England
  Family ID	F979	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Ernest Pettit 1943 article

  
  

• Notes

  Recalled by J R Tusting in 2017: "In the factory at Harrold we employed Father and son Harry and Ernie Pettit, both stalwart men. Ernie served in the Merchant Navy in the war and was torpedoed twice. He survived many days in an open boat off the coast of Africa and walked barefoot many miles along the coast to reach British territory. He and Joan (Franklin) his wife had two daughters one of which Rene was specially talented and clever. She married a young clergyman who is now the Parish Priest of Southwold a very fashionable resort on the east coast. Previously they had served in a north country parish of mixed ethnicity and religion and had a tough time They now have their first grandchild." See also 1942 article about the sinking of his ship.