Commemorated:

1. Grave:Harlebeke New British CemeteryXVII. A. 15.
2. Book:The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918Pg.121
3. Memorial:The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour44A GQS
    

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Family :

Son of James and Margaret Ellison, of Chorley, Lancs; husband of Sarah Elizabeth Ellison, of 9, Blomfield Rd., Maida Vale, London. Corporal of Horse

Service Life:

Campaigns:

Unit / Ship / Est.: 2nd Life Guards 

Action : The Battles of Ypres 1914 (First Ypres) 

19 October - 22 November 1914. Following the failure of the German Schlieffen Plan in August and September 1914, both sides engaged in a series of linked battles as they sought to outflank each other. The climax of these manouvres was at Ypres in November 1914 when the might of the German Army attempted to break the much outnumbered British Expeditionary Force. The political importance of Ypres, being the last town of any size in Belgium that remained in allied hands, established its importance for both sides and ensured a series of battles over four years.

The First Battle of Ypres in 1914 is characterised by a series of linked heroic stands by outnumbered British soldiers in conditions of confusion and weary endurance. The Germans never knew how close they had come to winning - at one point just the clerks and cooks were the last line of defence for the BEF. By the end of the battle the magnificent original BEF, composed of professional regular soldiers, had been all but destroyed and already the Territorial battalions were called into battle. From the end of 1914 a 'Regular' battalion was in terms of its compostion little different to a Teritorial or later Service Battalion. The professional soldiers had all but vanished.

Masonic :

TypeLodge Name and No.Province/District :
Mother : Comrades No. 2740 E.C.London

Initiated
Passed
Raised
14th November 1913
12th December 1913
17th January 1914
 

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