PRIVATE DONALD AINSLEY
KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY
25TH SEPTEMBER 1916 AGE 23
BURIED: GUARDS CEMETERY LES BOEUFS, FRANCE
Donald Ainsley, was a clothiers assistant in Leeds, as was his father, although at the time of the 1911 census the father is recorded as 'not working'. Donald was killed on 25 September 1916 in the Battle of Morval, the attempt to secure the ruined villages of Morval and Lesboeufs.