Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The Memorial Plaque to Second Lieutenant H. G. Ainsworth, Manchester Regiment, who was killed in action at Poelcappelle, during the Battle of Passchendaele, on 9 October 1917

Memorial Plaque (Herbert Green Ainsworth) traces of verdigris, very fine £100-£140

Herbert Green Ainsworth was born in Bolton on 7 June 1894. The son of Green Ainsworth, a director in a cotton spinning business, and his wife Lilian, he was educated at Bolton Grammar School. In February 1911, aged 16, he joined the Manchester & County Bank, a predecessor of the National Westminster Bank, at its Bolton branch. In November 1915, he served for a short time with Manchester University Officer’s Training Corps, before joining the London Regiment and was later commissioned into the Manchester Regiment.

Second Lieutenant Ainsworth was serving with D Company, 2/9th Battalion, Manchester Regiment when he was killed in action on 9 October 1917 during the 66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division’s attack on Poelcappelle. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.