Lt.
John Stirling Ainsworth
Military Details
Regiment & Unit / Ship
11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars
Enlisted
14 April 1909
Awards and Medals
The 1914 Star
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Date of Enlistment
14 April 1909
Residence at Enlistment
55. Eaton Place, Westminster, London,SW
Rank at Enlistment
2nd Lt.
Battalion at Enlistment
11th
Service History
promoted to lieutenant 2 November 1912 . 11th Hussars landed in France as part of the 1st Cavalry Brigade in the 1st Cavalry Division in August 1914 for service on the Western Front with the British Expeditionary Force The regiment took part in the Great Retreat . In an action during the Battle of Messines in October 1914 a squadron from the regiment endured a heavy German bombardment that left many of its soldiers buried in a trench while another squadron from the regiment used a vantage point at the top of a building to train a machine gun on the Germans
Battalion War Diary Extract
Mentioned in despatches in Sept 1914
Personal Details
Date of Birth
9 November 1889
Place of Birth
London
Religion
C of E
Address
Ardanaiseig,Kilchrenan ,Taynuilt,Argyll
Residence (Census)
Lydd Camp,Lydd ,Kent
Residence (Roll of Honour)
Ardanaiseig,Kilchrenan ,Taynuilt,Argyll
Parents
John Stirling and Catherine Margaret Ainsworth (nee McCreadie)
Siblings
Thomas Ainsworth, Jean Barbara Skeffington , Margaret Lousie Murray-Smith
Family Connection
Brother in Law Arthur George Murray-Smith
Education and Occupation
School
Eton
Occupation
Soldier
Work Address
British Army
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
14th October 1914
Age at Death
24
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action
Place of Death
Ypres
Theater of Action
Flanders
Battle
Battle of Messines
Regiment at Death
(Prince Albert's Own) Hussars
Battalion/Vessel at Death
11th
Rank at Death
Lt.
Buried or Commemorated at
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