Medals

31. Sgt. Augustine Kinsley

Name	Augustine Kinsley
Service number	7703
Rank – including any promotions, with dates	Lance Corporal ( Regimental Medal Book 1923) Sargeant ( Medal Card)
Regiment	Royal Irish Rifles
Battalion
Unit
Postings
Wounds
Silver War Badge? (WWI)
PoW Info. Etc.
Date of Discharge
Other Information

Birthplace	Standish, Lancashire
Date of birth	21/11/1888
Enlisted	20/07/1915
Lived
Parents	James Kinsley and Emma Ambrose
+ address	1901 lived with uncle at Framwellgate Moor
Wife	Elizabeth Riley ( 1891-1933) ( Married 1909
+ address	1911 – 11 Smokey Row, Framwellgate Moor
Children	Winifred 1911-1992; James 1912-1945; Joseph 1915-2008; John 1918-2005
Occupation	Miner

Medals – held in

collection

Citations

Victory Medal

British War Medal

Medals – others awarded but

not held in collection

1915 Star

Citations/Notes

Class Z Army Reserve

How died – not known, at home, of wounds, killed in action
Date of death	1967
Age	78 registered Hartlepool (daughter Winifred lived Blackhall)
Memorial
Cemetery – plot, row and grave

Son James Kinsley 1912-1945 died Arnham, Holland, Gunner Royal Artillery

Wife Elizabeth died Blackhall 1933