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Military service
Service number:
136637
Age:
33
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles (British Columbia Regt.)
Birth:
June 21, 1883
Wednesbury, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
July 21, 1916
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. C. 7.
Additional information
Son of George and Charlotte Binsley; husband of Ann Maria Binsley of Toronto.
Digital gallery of Private Ernest Binsley
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Bernard to Binyon. Mircoform Sequence 9; Volume Number 31829_B016719; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 153 Page 645 of 652 -
Press Clipping
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Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Bois Carre British Cemetery located on Vimy Ridge at the eastern edge of the town of Thelus, France. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Bois Carre British Cemetery
Bois Carre British Cemetery - The Bois Carre British Cemetery located on Vimy Ridge at the eastern edge of the town of Thelus, France. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial.(John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of ERNEST BINSLEY
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram January 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Binsley
BOIS-CARRE BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Thelus is a village 7 kilometres north of Arras and BOIS-CARRE BRITISH CEMETERY is about half a mile east of the village on the south side of the D49 road to Bailleul-sire-Berthoult.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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