A.+D.+TINSLEY

Tinsley, Alan Deane, Private, 1638, 8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry Born Hartford, Cheshire, England Enlisted Valcartier Camp, Quebec, Canada Died of wounds as a prisoner of war 13th May 1915 aged 28 Buried in Roeselare Communal Cemetery, III, A, 1

Canadian Army Service records information: Alan was born in Hartford, Cheshire, on the 27th March 1887. He enlisted at Valcartier Camp, Quebec, 21st September 1914, stating his occupation as a soldier, and his next of kin as his father, Walter Tinsley, of Ashford in the Water, Derbyshire. He had previously served with the 4th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, and the 2nd Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. He was five feet nine and three quarter inches in height, had a dark complexion, brown eyes and black hair, and belonged to the Church of England. He also had a tattoo of a flying dragon on his right forearm. 
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