A birth record was found for George Ackley: Year of Registration: 1884; Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec; District: Stoke Upon Trent; County: Staffordshire; Volume: 6b; Page: 283.
George was a British Home Child. He arrived in Canada at the age of 3 to Kingston at the House of Providence.
On May 18, 1914, a marriage was recorded for George Ackley and Amelia Florence Knight, 26, (daughter of George Knight and Sarah Victor)
On March 29, 1915, George Richard Ackley enlisted in the 8th C.M.R. (Canadian Mounted Rifles) at Ottawa, Ontario on 29 March 1915. He declared that his birthdate was October 11, 1884; that he was a labourer; that he was married; that his next of kin was Mrs. A. F. Ackley; and that his next of kin resided at 52 Chatham Street, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
An extract from the Ottawa Evening Citizen newspaper, dated Tuesday 25 May 1915, states, "The 8th Canadian Mounted Rifles leave Lansdowne Park at 7:30 o?clock tonight, and will march by Bank Street, McLeod, Metcalfe and Sparks to Central Station where the battalion entrains at 8:30 o?clock for Barriefield Camp, Kingston. The G. G. F. G. regiment will turnout and accompany the Canadian Mounted Rifles to the station. The Guards band will head the parade." Presumably Private G. R. Ackley left for Barriefield at that time. [Source: The Carmody Genealogist - 38th Battalion Newspaper Articles]
Private G.R. Ackley died on 22 September 1918, from wounds received the previous day, and was buried at Queant Communal Cemetery British Extension, Pas de Calais (Grave Ref. B.3).
Over 25,000 BHC served in our collective Wars. For more information on the Home Children who served in the War, please visit: https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/people-and-stories/british-home-children
George was a British Home Child. He arrived in Canada at the age of 3 to Kingston at the House of Providence.
On May 18, 1914, a marriage was recorded for George Ackley and Amelia Florence Knight, 26, (daughter of George Knight and Sarah Victor)
On March 29, 1915, George Richard Ackley enlisted in the 8th C.M.R. (Canadian Mounted Rifles) at Ottawa, Ontario on 29 March 1915. He declared that his birthdate was October 11, 1884; that he was a labourer; that he was married; that his next of kin was Mrs. A. F. Ackley; and that his next of kin resided at 52 Chatham Street, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
An extract from the Ottawa Evening Citizen newspaper, dated Tuesday 25 May 1915, states, "The 8th Canadian Mounted Rifles leave Lansdowne Park at 7:30 o?clock tonight, and will march by Bank Street, McLeod, Metcalfe and Sparks to Central Station where the battalion entrains at 8:30 o?clock for Barriefield Camp, Kingston. The G. G. F. G. regiment will turnout and accompany the Canadian Mounted Rifles to the station. The Guards band will head the parade." Presumably Private G. R. Ackley left for Barriefield at that time. [Source: The Carmody Genealogist - 38th Battalion Newspaper Articles]
Private G.R. Ackley died on 22 September 1918, from wounds received the previous day, and was buried at Queant Communal Cemetery British Extension, Pas de Calais (Grave Ref. B.3).
Over 25,000 BHC served in our collective Wars. For more information on the Home Children who served in the War, please visit: https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/people-and-stories/british-home-children
A birth record was found for George Ackley: Year of Registration: 1884; Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec; District: Stoke Upon Trent; County: Staffordshire; Volume: 6b; Page: 283.
George was a British Home Child. He arrived in Canada at the age of 3 to Kingston at the House of Providence.
On May 18, 1914, a marriage was recorded for George Ackley and Amelia Florence Knight, 26, (daughter of George Knight and Sarah Victor)
On March 29, 1915, George Richard Ackley enlisted in the 8th C.M.R. (Canadian Mounted Rifles) at Ottawa, Ontario on 29 March 1915. He declared that his birthdate was October 11, 1884; that he was a labourer; that he was married; that his next of kin was Mrs. A. F. Ackley; and that his next of kin resided at 52 Chatham Street, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
An extract from the Ottawa Evening Citizen newspaper, dated Tuesday 25 May 1915, states, "The 8th Canadian Mounted Rifles leave Lansdowne Park at 7:30 o?clock tonight, and will march by Bank Street, McLeod, Metcalfe and Sparks to Central Station where the battalion entrains at 8:30 o?clock for Barriefield Camp, Kingston. The G. G. F. G. regiment will turnout and accompany the Canadian Mounted Rifles to the station. The Guards band will head the parade." Presumably Private G. R. Ackley left for Barriefield at that time. [Source: The Carmody Genealogist - 38th Battalion Newspaper Articles]
Private G.R. Ackley died on 22 September 1918, from wounds received the previous day, and was buried at Queant Communal Cemetery British Extension, Pas de Calais (Grave Ref. B.3).
Over 25,000 BHC served in our collective Wars. For more information on the Home Children who served in the War, please visit: https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/people-and-stories/british-home-children
George was a British Home Child. He arrived in Canada at the age of 3 to Kingston at the House of Providence.
On May 18, 1914, a marriage was recorded for George Ackley and Amelia Florence Knight, 26, (daughter of George Knight and Sarah Victor)
On March 29, 1915, George Richard Ackley enlisted in the 8th C.M.R. (Canadian Mounted Rifles) at Ottawa, Ontario on 29 March 1915. He declared that his birthdate was October 11, 1884; that he was a labourer; that he was married; that his next of kin was Mrs. A. F. Ackley; and that his next of kin resided at 52 Chatham Street, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
An extract from the Ottawa Evening Citizen newspaper, dated Tuesday 25 May 1915, states, "The 8th Canadian Mounted Rifles leave Lansdowne Park at 7:30 o?clock tonight, and will march by Bank Street, McLeod, Metcalfe and Sparks to Central Station where the battalion entrains at 8:30 o?clock for Barriefield Camp, Kingston. The G. G. F. G. regiment will turnout and accompany the Canadian Mounted Rifles to the station. The Guards band will head the parade." Presumably Private G. R. Ackley left for Barriefield at that time. [Source: The Carmody Genealogist - 38th Battalion Newspaper Articles]
Private G.R. Ackley died on 22 September 1918, from wounds received the previous day, and was buried at Queant Communal Cemetery British Extension, Pas de Calais (Grave Ref. B.3).
Over 25,000 BHC served in our collective Wars. For more information on the Home Children who served in the War, please visit: https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/people-and-stories/british-home-children
Gravesite Details
Private, Canadian Machine Gun Corps. Age: Unknown.
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