Memorial Cross, Memorial Cross GR V
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19770136-002
- Event 1914-1919 First World War
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer --
- Date Made 1919
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada
- Category Communication artifacts
- Sub-category Personal symbol
- Department Arms and Technology
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1919/12/01
- Latest 1919/12/31
- Inscription 16423 Pte G. C. ENSOR; STERLING
- Support loose
- Materials Sterling silver
- Rank Private
- Service Component Canadian Expeditionary Force
- Unit 7th Canadian Infantry Battalion
- Person / Institution Subject, Ensor, Sergeant George Clark
- Measurements Length 3.8 cm, Width 3.1 cm, Thickness 0.2 cm
- Caption George Clark ENSOR
- Additional Information Born in 1880 in County Armagh, Ireland, Ensor served seven years with the Royal Irish Fusiliers and two years with the 6th Duke of Cornwall's Own Regiment. He enlisted in September 1914 and died of wounds in April 1915 while a member of the 7th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF).
- Caption Medals Project- Ensor, George Clark
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Additional Information
George Clark Ensor was born in County Armagh, Ireland, on 11 July 1880. He immigrated to Canada in 1906, settling in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Ensor enlisted in the 7th Battalion at Valcartier Camp, Quebec, on 23 September 1914. He noted on his attestation paper that he had considerable military service. He had spent seven years with the Royal Irish Fusiliers and — after his arrival in Canada — two years in the militia as a member of the Vancouver-based 6th Regiment Duke of Connaught’s Own Rifles.
Ensor sailed to England with his battalion as part of the First Contingent of the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 3 October 1914. After training on Salisbury Plain for four months, the Contingent was shipped to France in February 1915. Ensor died on 28 April 1915 at the No. 18 Casualty Clearing Station, in Belgium, from wounds received during the Second Battle of Ypres.
George Clark Ensor is buried in Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, in France.