Private John William Ordish, 241146

  • Batt - 8
  • Unit - Northumberland Fusiliers
  • Section -
  • Date of Birth -
  • Died - 27/02/1918
  • Age -

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Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of Mrs E. Ordish.

Source: Leicestershire War Memorials Project.
John Ordish's father is buried in Donisthorpe Cemetery and there is an epitaph to Pte JW Ordish on the same headstone. This is in poor condition and the inscription is barely legible:

John
Beloved husband of [Emily] Ordish of Donisthorpe
Who died X 19th 1916 Aged 62 years
Also of Pte JW Ordish
son of the above
Who was killed in action Feb 27th 1918
Aged 22 years
Interred at Mazingarbe

Rest illegible

Leicestershire Project Findings
  • Conflict - World War I
  • Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
  • Place of death - France
  • Burial Place - Iii B 33, Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe
  • Other Memorials - Donisthorpe Memorial Gateway
Research from Michael Doyle's Their Name Liveth For Evermore
  • Unit - Northumberland Fusiliers
  • Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
  • Burial Commemoration - Philosophe British Cem., Mazingarbe, France
  • Born - Donisthorpe, Leics
  • Enlisted - Coalville, Leics
  • Place of Residence - Cockspur Row, Donisthorpe, Leicestershire, England
  • Memorial - DONISTHORPE & OAKTHORPE MEM., LEICS
  • Memorial - ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST CHURCH, DONISTHORPE, LEICS

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