H Kingsley Kinsley ? Queen's Own Rifles Canada Canadian Toronto

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I have a reference to a Church Lads Brigade member, H Kingsley, Queen's Own Rifles, from THE BRIGADE magazine, July 1915. From an online search I found references to H Kinsley, QOR, who was awarded the Military Medal. I am not familiar with Canadian records. Please, could someone determine if there was an H Kingsley in the QOR and therefore it is not a spelling error? Thank you. Johnny Conn.

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Would like to share this link about Melville Trueman who spent 3 years as a POW - another member of the Trinity East Church Lads Brigade Cadets, Toronto.

http://canadiangreatwarproject.com/transcripts/transcriptDisplay.asp?Type=N&Id=726

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A link to Albert Ashown of Trinity East CLB who was killed at Mount Sorrel along with 160 others of his Battalion on 2nd June 1916.

http://canadiangreatwarproject.com/searches/soldierDetail.asp?ID=42403

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And another Toronto CLB member...

http://canadianexpeditionaryforce1914-1919.blogspot.co.uk/2010/01/sergeant-albert-lancey-3rd-battalion.html

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It might be worth doing a search on http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/first-world-war-1914-1918-cef/Pages/search.aspx to see if anything comes up.

Regards

Chris

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Thank you Chris. His papers say Harold Kingsley but when he signs he does so without a g. This seems to clear up my query. There are no other H Kingsley in the search.

http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/first-world-war-1914-1918-cef/Pages/image.aspx?Image=439567a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fdata2.archives.ca%2fcef%2fgpc008%2f439567a.gif&Ecopy=439567a

Thank you again Chris for the link.

Johnny Conn

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Another request. Please can anyone date the MM for 9513 Pte Harold Kinsley, Queens Own Rifles and provide a citation or a link? Thank you.

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Hi Johnny,

The London Gazette notification can be found here

The Library and Archives Canada database entry is here

There might be some kind of citation/report of the award in his home town newspaper

Regards

Chris

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Thanks for the links Chris. I could not find the Gazette entry. Johnny