Search the roll of honourCurrently displaying: 1 result. Clear the searchYou've searched for:rank: "Private" xregiment: "Royal West Kent Regiment" x Search term Sort by: TitleRelevance Westerman, Ernest William Ernest was born on the 4 December 1900 at Ashwell, Hertfordshire, the second son of Herbert George and Nellie Sarah Jane (nee Westerman) Westerman. He was a pupil at the Merchant Taylors School in Ashwell until the end of November 1913 when, according to the school records, he left to take work as a bottle washer at a brewery having reached exemption age.