Ainge Brothers one killed and the other wounded by the same bullet
Commemorated here
No. Z/2795 Rifleman William Ernest Ainge.
Rifleman William Ainge served with the 13th (Service) Battalion of the Rifle Brigade and was killed in action on the 10th July 1916 aged 20 years.
His younger brother No. Z/2786 Rifleman Henry John Ainge was wounded on the same occasion, in fact by the same bullet as killed William but, probably after treatment in a Casualty Clearing Station, was evacuated to England, did not return to front line service, served in the London Fire Brigade in the 2nd World War and died in 1994 aged 85 years.
Madeline Phippen