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Ainslie J E 2nd Lt 12th Royal Scots

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AINSLIE, JOHN ELLIOT, 2nd Lieut., 12th (Service) Battn. The Royal Scots, only child of the Rev. W. J. Ainslie, M.A., Congregational Minister of Hawick, by his wife, Sara, dau. of Francis Smyth, of Belfast; b. Belfast, 27 June, 1896; educ. George Watson’s College, Edinburgh, and, on leaving there in the spring of 1914, went to Berlin to study German; returned home at the end of July, and was to have started work in a Chartered Accountant’s office in Oct.; volunteered after the outbreak of war and enlisted in the 9th Royal Scots in Sept. 1914; was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 12th Battn. 29 Dec. following; went to the front in May, and was killed in action at the Hohenzollern Redoubt during the advance at Loos, 28 Sept. 1915. The Commanding Officer wrote: “He was killed in action on the 28th inst., after showing great gallantry. He was a young officer full of courage and promise, and his loss is much regretted,” and the Captain of his company: “Your son was in my company, and he did extremely good work in France, being thanked by the Divisional General just before I went to hospital two months ago. He was always most cheerful, and always the first to volunteer for any dangerous work.” The Adjutant also wrote: “He was my best friend in the regiment, and all of us miss him terribly. He was absolutely fearless and simply adored by his platoon (No. 1 of A Coy.), and one of the most popular boys I ever met.” At Watson’s he played for two seasons, 1912-14, in the college XV., being half-back in that for 1913-14; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 2

Ainsley C A Pte 3326 4th London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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Ainsley C A Pte 3326 4th Royal Fusiliers

AINSLEY, LEONARD CROMBIE, Private, No. 3326, D Coy., 2/4th Battn. Leonard Crombie Ainsley. (Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of Arthur James Ainsley, of Rangoon, and New Southgate, N., Marine Engineer, by his wife, Fanny, dau. of Thomas McTurk; b. New Southgate, co. Middlesex, 9 June, 1895; educ. Garfield Road School there, and Southgate County School, Fox Lane, Palmer’s Green; was a Clerk in the employ of the Barnet and District Gas and Water Company; joined the Royal Fusiliers 6 Nov. 1914; trained in Malta; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in Gallipoli from Sept. 1915-Jan. 1916, and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from April-Sept. 1916; was for a time attached to the 13th London Regt., with whom he took part in the advance of 1 July; rejoined his old regiment in Aug. 1916; was reported wounded and missing after the attack on Cuinchy 9 Sept. 1916, and is now assumed to have been killed in action on that date; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 2

Agger F E Cpl 12880 4th Middlesex Regiment

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Agger F E Cpl 12880 4th Middlesex Regiment

AGGER, FRANK EDWARD, Corpl., No. 12880, 4th Battn. The Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regt.), eldest s. of Harry Agger, of 4, Market Hill, Cambridge, Hairdresser and Tobacconist (d. 13 Nov. 1903), by his wife, Elizabeth Sarah (d. 16 May, 1896), dau. of Robert Holder; b. Cambridge, 14 April, 1892; educ. Farningham, and in the Higher Education Class, Aldershot (Sept. 1913-Feb. 1914); enlisted 1 Jan. 1910; formed one of the Body Guard at Hyde Park at the Coronation of King George V., 22 June, 1911; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc., and was killed in action during the retreat from Mons, 23 Aug. 1914. At the time of his death he was in charge of a squad of men guarding a railway bridge, at the small village of Oburg, near Mons; they were compelled to retire, and on reaching their lines, Corpl. Agger, who had been wounded, was found to be missing. Two of his comrades went out and endeavoured to bring him in, but were wounded and taken prisoners, a shell bursting as they were lifting him from the ground. He was a good athlete, played football for Middlesex, and ran in the Marathon race from Windsor to London in 1913, which race the King started himself; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 2

Adsetts W H 2nd Lt 1st York And Lancs Regiment

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ADSETTS, WILLIAM HENRY, 2nd Lieut., 3rd, attached 1st, Battn. (65th Foot) The York and Lancaster Regt., s. of Harry Adsetts, of 12, Watery Lane, Sheffield, by his wife, Mary, dau. of William Osmon Jeffcock; b. 211, Broadfield Park Road, Heeley, 20 Sept. 1893; educ. Woodside Lane Board School and Sheffield University (Scholar), where he graduated B.Sc. 1912, and was a member of the O.T.C.; was gazetted 2nd Lieut. York and Lancaster Regt. 23 Dec. 1914; went to France 2 June, 1915, and died 1 Oct. following, from wounds received in action during the advance at Loos on 28 Sept. Buried in Choques New Cemetery; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 2

Adkins L Pte 5927 2nd Coldstream Guards

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ADKINS, LEONARD, Private, No. 5927, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards; b. Stafford; served in South Africa with South Staffordshire Regt. 17 June, 1901, to 18 July, 1902 (Medal with two clasps), and with the Expeditionary Force in France from 12 Aug. 1914; killed in action at Cuinchy; m.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 2

Adie D Pte 431 11th Highland Light Infantry

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ADIE, DAVID, Private, No. 431, 11th Battn. The Highland Light Infantry (T.F.), elder s. of Robert Adie, of 60, Arthur Place, Cowdenbeath, Miner; b. Crossgates, Dunfermline, co. Fife, 8. Feb. 1899; educ. Crossgates (Fife) Public School; was a Miner; volunteered and enlisted 25 Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France from beginning of May, 1915, and was killed in action at the Battle of Loos 25 Sept. 1915, by a gunshot wound in the heart; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 2

Adey F J Pte 3965 8th Kings Liverpool Regiment

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ADEY, FREDERICK JAMES, Private, No. 3965, 8th (Irish) Battn. The King’s (Liverpool Regt.) (T.F.), eldest s. of the late Frank Adey; and brother to Private S. Adey, also killed in action; b. West Bromwich, co. Stafford, 9 March, 1898; educ. there was a Sheet Mill Worker, enlisted 22 Feb. 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from the following April, and died 20 June following, from wounds received in action at Hooge. Buried in the local cemetery at Lillers; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 2