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Military service
Service number:
681790
Age:
38
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
July 15, 1880
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
May 1, 1916
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
September 27, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. B. 7.
Digital gallery of Private Ernest Ringham
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Photo of Ernest Ringham
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Cap Badge
Cap Badge 170th Bn (Mississauga Horse) CEF. Private Ringham was originally a member of the 170th Bn before being transferred to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Cap Badge
Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) CEF. Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder Patch
Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) CEF. Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Grave marker
Gravemarker. Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team DILEAS GU BRATH -
Memorial
Record of Service Card (front side). RSC states original unit as 135th Bn. Private ringham actually enlisted in 1916 with the 170th (Mississauga Bn) and was then sent to (RSC states 135th bn but his attestation papers state 134th Bn). Finally he was sent to the 15th bn as a reinforcement. From archives 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (reverse side). RSC states original unit as 135th Bn. Private ringham actually enlisted in 1916 with the 170th (Mississauga Bn) and was then sent to (RSC states 135th bn but his attestation papers state 134th Bn). Finally he was sent to the 15th bn as a reinforcement. From archives 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Memorial
"The Canal du Nord memorial, erected by the 15th Battalion Memorial Project and the town of Marquion, was unveiled and dedicated on 24 September 2012. The memorial commemorates the actions of the 15th Battalion CEF, during the Canadian assault on the Canal du Nord on 27 September 1918 and the memory of those members of the Battalion who fell during the engagement. The memorial sits alongside the existing Canal du Nord, inside the town of Marquion, which the Battalion captured during the battle." Photo submitted by the 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team. Dileas Gu Brath -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Ringham
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Ringham
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Ringham
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Ringham
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Ringham
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Ringham
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Ringham
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Ringham
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Ringham
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Page 491 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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SAINS-LES-MARQUION BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Sains-les-Marquion is a village about 12 kilometres north-west of Cambrai and 2 kilometres south of the D939, Arras to Cambrai road. SAINS-LES-MARQUION BRITISH CEMETERY lies at the junction of the D15 and D16 roads, about 1.5 kilometres from the centre of the village.
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