ACKLAND, EDWIN G GEORGE, Corpl., No. 87698, R.E., attd. 2/7th (Territorial) Battn. The King’s (Liverpool Regt.), s. of Edwin Ackland, of Vine Cottage, North Street, Braunton, co. Devon, by his wife, Julia, dau. of William Treble; b. South Hackney, London, E., 8 Feb. 1881; educ. Challoner’s Grammar School, Braunton aforesaid; was a Carpenter; joined the R.E. 10 April, 1916; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Sept. 1917, being there attached to the Pioneer Battn. The King’s (Liverpool Regt.); was wounded 23 March, 1918; on recovery was transferred to the 7th Battn. of his regiment, and was killed in action 30 Aug. of the same year. Buried in the St. Martin Calvaine East British Cemetery, south-east of Arras. He m. at The Thorne Memorial Chapel, Barnstaple, 17 Dec. 1904, Rose Blanche Worth (Yeo-Vale, Barnstaple), dau. of John Wakley, and had two children: Edwin John, b. 7 March, 1910, and Dorothy Margaret, b. 14 Sept. 1905.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5