Private Ernest Henry Aldwinckle
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Aldwinckle,
Ernest Henry
Date of birth: 1887-11-03
Place of birth: London
Next of kin: Annah Aldwinckle,Lacombe, Alberta, Canada
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Farmer
Occupation (normalized): General Farmer
Address:
Lacombe, Alberta, Canada
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1917-10-30
Cause of death:
Missing, presumed killed
Buried:
Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial, Panel 10
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 489851
Highest Rank:
Private
(Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry)
Rank detail
Private, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Passchendaele
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 921753
LAC ID:
3988
Service file: B0076-S019
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Alfred Othneil Aldwinckle and Emma Aldwinckle, of 54, Highbury Park, London, England; husband of Annah Aldwinckle, of Lacombe, Alberta.
Original overseas unit: 6th University Company. Joined the P.P.C.L.I. in the field July 22, 1917.
Uploader's Research notes:
According to the CWGC he was a Private at the time of his death. According to R. Hodder Williams, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry 1914 - 1919, Volume Two, Roll of Honour & Appendices, page 94, he was a Lance Corporal.....and according to S. K. Newman, With the Patricia's in Flanders 1914 - 1918, Then & Now, page 204, he reverted back to Private before crossing to France.
(Note added by Michael Thierens).
[Private Army Canadian Infantry Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry No. 2 Company ]ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2008-04-13