Frank Alfred Ellis

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

11346

Unit at enlistment:

4th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Date of death:

April 23rd, 1915

Cemetery:

Menin Gate Memorial - Ypres, Belgium - Panel 18.24.26.30

Commemorated at:

Holy Trinity Anglican Church

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Greater London

Birth city:

London, Camden, Hampstead

Address at enlistment:

8 Huron Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

8 Huron Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Plasterer

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Circumstances of service: Killed

Circumstances of Casualty: Killed in Action.
Location of Unit at Time of Casualty: Vicinity of St. Julien.

BX July 3, 1915

Three Names of Brantford Men Killed – Pte. Frank Alfred Ellis Reported Killed – Privates George Huggins and Thomas Henry Podd Officially Reported – Heroic Conduct

In the list of casualties published at Ottawa yesterday afternoon appear the names of three Brantford men, Thomas Henry Podd, Frank Alfred Ellis and George Huggins. Two of these, Private Huggins and Private Podd, have previously been reported killed, but the name of Pte. F.A. Ellis has not previously been included among those who have given up their lives on the field of battle.

Private Ellis, who by trade was a plasterer, left his work at the outbreak of the war, and volunteered his services with the first contingent of Dufferin Rifles, under Major Malcolm Alexander Colquhoun. He had previously served for five years with the 38th D.R.C. Private Ellis resided at 8 Huron Street at the time of his enlistment. He was unmarried.