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Military service
Age:
20
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Engineers
Division:
56th Field Company
Birth:
December 28, 1897
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Enlistment:
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Death:
September 18, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
E. 18.
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Son of Lt. Col. A. E. Ings and Clara Ings of Toronto, Ontario.
Brother of Wing Commander Ralph Ings , who died on November 8, 1943, while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
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1121 Lieut John Walter Ings (RMC 1914) was the son of Lt. Col. A. E. Ings and Clara Ings of Toronto, Ontario. He was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. He served with the Royal Engineers, 56th Field Company. He died on 18 Sep 1918. He was buried in Beaumetz Crossroads Cemetery, Beaumetz-les-Cambrai, Pas de Calais, France. -
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1121 Lieut John Walter Ings (RMC 1914) was the son of Lt. Col. A. E. Ings and Clara Ings of Toronto, Ontario. He was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. He served with the Royal Engineers, 56th Field Company. He died on 18 Sep 1918. He was buried in Beaumetz Crossroads Cemetery, Beaumetz-les-Cambrai, Pas de Calais, France. -
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1121 Lieut John Walter Ings (RMC 1914) was the son of Lt. Col. A. E. Ings and Clara Ings of Toronto, Ontario. He was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. He served with the Royal Engineers, 56th Field Company. He died on 18 Sep 1918. He was buried in Beaumetz Crossroads Cemetery, Beaumetz-les-Cambrai, Pas de Calais, France. -
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1121 Lieut John Walter Ings (RMC 1914) was the son of Lt. Col. A. E. Ings and Clara Ings of Toronto, Ontario. He was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. He served with the Royal Engineers, 56th Field Company. He died on 18 Sep 1918. He was buried in Beaumetz Crossroads Cemetery, Beaumetz-les-Cambrai, Pas de Calais, France. -
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1121 Lieut John Walter Ings (RMC 1914) was the son of Lt. Col. A. E. Ings and Clara Ings of Toronto, Ontario. He was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. He served with the Royal Engineers, 56th Field Company. He died on 18 Sep 1918. He was buried in Beaumetz Crossroads Cemetery, Beaumetz-les-Cambrai, Pas de Calais, France. -
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Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Lieutenant John Walter Ings
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Lieutenant John Walter Ings
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Lieutenant John Walter Ings
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Lieutenant John Walter Ings
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Lieutenant John Walter Ings
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Lieutenant John Walter Ings
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Commemorated on:
Page 589 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BEAUMETZ CROSS ROADS CEMETERY (BEAUMETZ-LES-CAMBRAI) Pas de Calais, France
Beaumetz-les-Cambrai is a village 1 kilometre south of the N30, Cambrai to Bapaume road. Beaumetz Crossroads Cemetery lies to the south of the village on the road to Hermies. To reach the Cemetery, take the D18E into Beaumetz les Cambrai, off the N30. Once in the village, follow the CWGC direction signs.
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