Alfred George Ginn

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
679080
Unit at enlistment: 
169th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
No
Date of death: 
October 1st, 1918
Cemetery: 
Ramillies British Cemetery - Nord, France - D.16.
Commemorated at: 
Grace Anglican Church, St. Paul's United Church, Ancient Order of Foresters, Victoria Public School Honour Roll
Birth country: 
England
Birth county: 
Surrey
Birth city: 
Merton
Address at enlistment: 
815 Broadview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
815 Broadview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Gardener
Religious denominations: 
Church of England
Marital status: 
Single
Age at enlistment: 
29

Letters and documents

Circumstances of Casualty: Previously reported missing, now killed in action. He was last seen in the “jumping off” trench prior to an attack in front of Petit Fontaine, near Cambrai. No further details regarding the actual circumstances of his death are available.

BX October 19, 1918

Mr. A.G. Ginn, the florist, received the news this morning that his son, Private Alfred George Ginn was reported missing on October 3. Private Ginn left with the 169th Battalion for overseas and had been in France for 18 months. He was formerly employed by his father at the greenhouses.

BC October 19, 1918

Sergeant Alfred George Ginn is Missing

Mr. and Mrs. A.G. Ginn, Dufferin Avenue today received the sad intelligence that their eldest son, Alfred George Ginn, had been missing since October 1st. He volunteered at an early period of the war and had been in the fighting since 1916. Alfred was a young man of sterling quality and one of the first in this city to respond to the call of Empire. 
   
BX January 20, 1919

Mr. and Mrs. A.G. Ginn, 164 Dufferin Avenue, have received official notice that their son Pte. Alfred George Ginn was killed in action on October 1 last. He had been reported since October as missing. Private Ginn was a well known Brantford boy. He enlisted with the 169th Battalion in February 1916, at Toronto and saw considerable service in France almost up to the very last.