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Private Robert Ingham

Male 1893 - 1915  (21 years)


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  • Name Robert Ingham 
    Prefix Private 
    Born 22 Dec 1893  Dublin, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Military WW1  [1
    • Ingham, Robert Private. He was one of the boys of the Coombe Home Hespeler, Ontario. He was killed in action at Festubert.1a

      1aIngham, Robert: Grace Schmidt Room Digital Collection. (2016). Vitacollections.ca. Retrieved 18 May 2016, from https://vitacollections.ca/kpl-gsr/2841948/data?n=1

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      Robert was killed instantly by a "minenwerfer" shell while in his dugout at the front line trench at Hill 60 in Zillebeke, Belgium.
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    Ingham,Robert-WW1.jpg
    Ingham, Robert Private. He was one of the boys of the Coombe Home Hespeler, Ontario. He was killed in action at Festubert.

    Ingham, Robert: Grace Schmidt Room Digital Collection. (2016). Vitacollections.ca. Retrieved 18 May 2016, from https://vitacollections.ca/kpl-gsr/2841948/data?n=1
    Occupation 1915 
    salesman 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-61413 
    Died 24 Apr 1915  Festubert, , Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial, Ieper, , West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I61413  Generations
    Last Modified 3 Mar 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Son of Kate I. Holden (formerly Ingham), of New Toronto.

  • Sources 
    1. [S157] Military - Canada - World War I - Attestation papers.
      Robert Ingham Birth Date: 22 Dec 1893 Birth Location: Dublin, Ireland Relative: Mrs Kate Holden Relationship: Mother Regiment Number: 7752

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 22 Dec 1893 - Dublin, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 24 Apr 1915 - Festubert, , Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial, Ieper, , West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Link to Google Earth
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