Geburtsdatum: 11/11/1896

Geburtsort: Crayke, Yorkshire, England, Vereinigtes Königreich

Land: England, Vereinigtes Königreich

Truppe: British Expeditionary Force

Rang: Gunner

Dienstnummer: 129198

Einberufung ort: York, Yorkshire, England, Vereinigtes Königreich

Einheiten:  —  Royal Field Artillery, "A" Bty. 186th Bde.  (Letzte bekannte Einheit)

Sterbedatum: 22/09/1917

Sterbeort: Lock N° 8, Belgien

Todesursache: Verwundet

Alter: 20

British War Medal Medaille

Victory Medal Medaille

Gunner Ellis Wells was part of ‘A’ Battery, 186th Brigade, 39th Division. During the night of the 21st /22nd of September a German shell landed into the small dugout where he and another soldier were sleeping. Although Gunner Wells was brought to advanced dressing station, his life could not be saved. Due to the location of his burial the advanced dressing station can be presumed to be the advanced dressing station northeast of Voormezele, on the east bank of the Ypres-Komen canal between Lock N°8 and Lankhof Farm. The location where the ‘A’ Battery was stationed at the end of the month September could not be determined due to the fact that the War Diaries of August and September 1917 are not preserved. At the start of October 1917 the 186th Brigade Royal Field Artillery was stationed near Lock N°7 on the Ypres-Komen canal. Its likely that the Brigade was also located near this position at the end of September 1917.

Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/ Verwendete Quellen

CWGC https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/483653/wells,-/ Verwendete Quellen

Naval & Military Archive http://www.nmarchive.com/ Verwendete Quellen

The Long, Long Trail https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/ Verwendete Quellen

W.G. MacPherson, Medical Services General History : History of the Great War based on official documents, 139. Verwendete Quellen