Ramsden Emsley 2/Lt

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Surname: Ramsden;

Forename(s): Emsley;

Initials: E;

Rank: 2/Lt;

Born in: Halifax;

Enlistment Date: 08-Apr-1915;

Previous Number: 2491;

Previous Battalion: 4 of;

Previous Regiment: W Riding Regt;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 141 Coy;

How killed: KIA;

Where: France;

When killed: 15-Sep-1916;

Other Data: NOK: George Henry Ramsden,(F) Cabinet Maker of 49 Beverley Terrace, Akroydon, Halifax (aged 51), Mother - Ada Ramsden (50), brother Harry Ramsden (20), brother Jack Leslie Ramsden (16) sister - Doris aged 14.
Casualty Form: joined 141 Coy from base 10/3/1916, KIA 15/09/1916 buried (SL 57C.S.W.3.4.6,) about 2300 yards NE of Longueval church, High Wood.
Born 26/11/1894 at 62 Boothtown Rd, Halifax
Enlisted 8/4/1915 and disch to Commsn from No 3 Coy 4 W Rid Regt at St James Schools, Doncaster.
Death noted in War Diary
From "The Long Trail": 2/Lt Emsley Ramsden 141 MGC KIA leading an attack between Bazentin & Longueval on15/09/1916, 49, Beverley Terrace, Akroydon, Halifax, Educated Halifax Secondary School 1909 Bsc, He's Commemorated on three War Memorials in Halifax, also Commemorated in All Souls Graveyard Haley Hill Halifax (Family Grave says leading attack on High Wood);

Other Notes: RAMSDEN, Second Lieutenant, EMSLEY, Machine Gun Corps. 15th September 1916. Age 21. Son of Ada Ramsden, of 49, Beverley Terrace, Akroydon, Halifax, Yorkshire, and of the late George Henry Ramsden. B.Sc. (Engr.). 1A.A.6. London Cemetery and Extension, Longueval - Somme, France.;

Related National Archives files: WO339/40282;

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