L/Cpl
John Henry Ellis
Information about birth
Date of birth: 01/04/1897 |
Place of birth: Haslington, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom |
Army information
Country: Canada |
Force: Canadian Expeditionary Force |
Rank: Lance Corporal |
Service number: 887032 |
Units: — Canadian Infantry, 46th Bn. (South Saskatchewan) (Last known unit) |
Information about death
Date of death: 26/10/1917 |
Age: 20 |
Memorial
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Panel: 28 stone7 |
Distinctions and medals 2
British War Medal Medal |
Victory Medal Medal |
Points of interest 1
#1 | Place of birth |
Sources 2
Personnel Records of the First World War (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC) RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 2885 - 27). https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/search.aspx Sources used |
War diaries: 46th Canadian Infantry Battalion (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC), RG9-III-D-3, Volume number: 4939, Microfilm reel number: T-10745--T-10746, File number: 437). https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng Sources used |
More information 4
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1592005 |
Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=535a1f4b-db83-470b-b0ea-a326376f11b2 |
Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/5853251 |
The Canadian Virtual War Memorial https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1592005 |