2nd. Lieutenant, Kendrick Edward Denison AINLEY
Aged 21
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Born on 1st January 1894 (Qtr 1 Birkenhead 8a:525 ), son of Edwrd Theordore and Mary AINLEY (née HEMNGWAY), baptised at St Matthew, Birkenhead on 4th February 1894
1901 census...Aged 7, he was at 31 Springfield Street, Bury St.Edmunds with his father Edward T.AINLEY [34] chemist born Huddersfield and his mother Mary [33]born Thornhill, Leeds. 1911 census...Aged 17, at school, he was at Canal Cottage, Nowton, with his parents The pension card has his mother at 55 Southgate Street, Bury St Edmunds. Probate gave his address as at Sicklesmere, Great Welnetham. |
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Biograpies of Fallen British Officers has :- 2nd LIEUTENANT KENDRICK EDWARD DENISON AINLEY, 1ST EAST LANCASHIRE COMPANY, ROYAL ENGINEERS,(T.F.), only son of Edward Theodore Ainly of Rushbrook, Bury St.Edmunds, Suffolk and a grandson of William Clark Ainley,Mus.Bac., of Misfield, Yorksire, was born on the 1st Janaury 1894. He was educated at King Edward VII Grammar School, Bury St.Edmunds, and won a mathematical scholarship to St.John's College, Cambridge, which he entered in 1913. At the end of his first year he gained a 1st Class in the Mathematical Tripos. Mr.Ainley played hockey, cricket and football, but his real hobby was the School Cadet Corps which he joined in 1904. He was a particularly keen cadet, and was the first of his school to gain Certificate "A". At Cambridge he trained for one year with the Engineers, and as an engineer was exactly in his place. One who knew him wrote:"He had the brains, initiative and judgment demanded by that very difficult and dangerous branch of the Service." On the outbreak of war, Mr.Ainley appled for a commission, and in September 1914, he was gazetted 2nd Lieutenant in the 1st East Lancashire Field Company, Royal Engineers. He was sent out to Egypt, thence to Gallipoli where he was shot and killed instantaneously by a sniper on 9th June 1915. He was buried on a spot in the peninsular overlookng the Plain of Troy. His Captain wrote of him:" Though I have only known your son these few months, I have had the pleasure of working with him very intimately when we were alone together at Scrapenon, and recently we have had a few very pleasant days of holiday at Luxor. It is needless to speak of his real ability and of his courage and spirit. Only two days ago I had to forbid him going out in broad daylight, half an hour afer we had taken some Turkish trenches, to cut some wire entanglements. Yesterday he was going back to his Major from these same trenches for a few hours rest after day and night work, and in passing through a new communication trench at which we were working, there was some delay where the trench was too narrow to pass. He crawled out on the parapet and was shot, and died in a few minutes. This was just typical of his unselfish nature - never thinking of a risk to himself, but always anxious to help others and forard the work in hand. The deep sorrow felt is universal, not only by those of his own corps, who knew and loved him, but by all othea with whom he came into contact. The Chaplain of the Naval Dvision will read the service this evening, and he will rest on the hills behind Bivouac Camp, with a glorious view over the Plans of Troy, and beyond the mountains." |
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