Sergeant John Samuel Ames, 91601
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- Unit - Royal Field Artillery
- Section - "D" Battery, 177th Brigade
- Date of Birth - 1896
- Died - 11/09/1916
- Age - 20
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ContributeSource: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland. He was the grandson of Benjamin Illsley a Farmer and Grocer, born 1850 in Blackfordby, Leicestershire and his wife Mary, born 1851 in Stanton, Staffordshire. John Samuel was born 1n 1896 in Blackfodby, Leicestershire, and was living with his grandparents and their two children Benjamin, born 1878 and Percy, born 1884, both these uncles were born in Blackfordby, Leicestershire, in 1901 the family home was at the Village Grocers Shop, Blackfordby, Leicestershire. In 1911 John was a Schoolboy and was residing with his grand parents in the family home at Blackfordby, Leicestershire.
- Conflict - World War I
- Other Memorials - Donisthorpe Memorial Gateway
- Unit - Royal Field Artillery
- Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
- Burial Commemoration - Thiepval Mem., Somme, France
- Born - Blackfordby, Leicestershire
- Enlisted - Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire
- Memorial - DONISTHORPE AND OAKTHORPE MEM., LEICS
- Memorial - MOIRA MEM., LEICS
- Memorial - ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST CHURCH, DONISTHORPE, LEICS
- Memorial - ST. HILDA'S CHURCH, MOIRA, LEICS
- Memorial - ST. MARGARET OF ANTIOCH'S CHURCH, BLACKFORDBY, LEICS
- Memorial - METHODIST CHURCH MEM., BLACKFORDBY, LEICS
