Ernest Victor Girdlestone

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
772537
Unit at enlistment: 
125th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
No
Date of death: 
November 6th, 1917
Cemetery: 
Menin Gate Memorial - Ypres, Belgium - Panel 10.26.28
Birth country: 
England
Birth county: 
Norfolk
Birth city: 
Norwich
Address at enlistment: 
43 East Avenue, Brantford, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
43 East Avenue, Brantford, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Printer
Employer: 
MacBride Press
Religious denominations: 
Church of England
Marital status: 
Single
Age at enlistment: 
18

Letters and documents

Circumstances of Casualty: Killed in Action.
Location of Unit at Time of Casualty: Attack on Passchendaele.

BX November 24, 1917

Mrs. Amelia Girdlestone, 43 Northumberland Street, received word today that her son, Pte. Ernest Victor Girdlestone, infantry, was officially reported killed in action on Nov. 6. He left with the 125th and had been an employee for the MacBride Press.