Geboortedatum: 11/11/1896

Geboorteplaats: Crayke, Yorkshire, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk

Land: Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk

Strijdmacht: British Expeditionary Force

Rang: Gunner

Service nummer: 129198

Dienstneming plaats: York, Yorkshire, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk

Eenheden:  —  Royal Field Artillery, "A" Bty. 186th Bde.  (Laatst gekende eenheid)

Datum van overlijden: 22/09/1917

Plaats van overlijden: Lock N° 8, België

Doodsoorzaak: Died of wounds (D.O.W.)

Leeftijd: 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.

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The Long, Long Trail https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/ Gebruikte bronnen

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