Rank unknown Ernest Alfred Insley
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Insley,
Ernest Alfred
Date of birth: 1892-03-15
Place of birth: London England
Next of kin: Mrs. T. B. Insley, mother. Sunny Side, Vernon Park, St. Johns, Worcester, England
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Plumber
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Died of wounds
Buried:
Ecoivres Military Cemetery, V. D. 8.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 412123
Highest Rank:
Rank unknown
(2nd Battalion)
Rank detail
- Rank unknown, 2nd Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Private (Army). 1915-02-27 ?
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: He was wounded in the head by shrapnel whilst taking part in the attack on Vimy Ridge, and did shortly after being taken to a dressing station.
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 65480
LAC ID:
488516
Service file: B4703-S031
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Thomas Bernard and Edith Annie Insley, of Worcester, England.
Batman to Major Okill Massey Learmonth, VC (Service No. 22893)
His previous military experience was in the Boy Scouts
Uploader's Research notes: Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database [Private Army Canadian Infantry 39th Battalion Batman Army Canadian Infantry 2nd Battalion C Company ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2020-10-14