BORN BUENOS AYRES, ARGENTINA, 1895. ONLY SON OF MARIE CHRISTINE ORTHINNISSEN, OF COPENHAGEN, DENMARK. HE WAS A DANISH CITIZEN. HAD TWO SISTERS. WAS UNMARRIED. HE WORKED AS AN ABLE SEAMAN, LIVING AT 15, ELLEN’S TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL, WHEN WAR BEGAN. HIS ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM AS 5 FOOT, 3.5 INCHES TALL, 37 INCH CHEST, 124 LBS WEIGHT.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 20 JULY 1917. POSTED TO FRANCE ON 12 DEC 1917. SERVED AS A PRIVATE WITH THE 18TH BATTALION, DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. HE WAS ACCIDENTALLY KILLED, WHILST DIGGING TRENCHES, WHEN HIS SHOVEL HIT AN UNEXPLODED BOMB WOUNDING HIMSELF AND TWO OTHERS FURTHER AWAY. HE WAS SERVERELY WOUNDED IN THE ABDOMEN AND HAD A BROKEN ARM. HE DIED AT THE 30TH CASUALTY CLEARING STATION, ON 16 FEB 1918, AGED 23. SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 212 DAYS.
HE IS BURIED AT MAROEUIL BRITISH CEMETERY, PAS DES CALAIS, FRANCE. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 16/03/1918, AS A HULL CASUALTY.
HIS WAR PENSION WENT TO HIS MOTHER, MARIE CHRISTIANE ORTHINNISSEN, IN DENMARK. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WENT TO HIS SISTER ANDREA, LIVING AT 16, NETHUNE ROAD, STOKE NEWINGTON, LONDON. HE IS THE ONLY “ORTHINNISSEN” LISTED IN CWGC RECORDS.
| Name | Ingvald Nievley Orthininssen |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Buenos Ayres, Argentina, 1895 |
| Death Date | 16 Feb 1918 |
| Death Place | France and Flanders |
| Enlistment Place | Hull |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | Durham Light Infantry |
| Battalion | 18th Battalion |
| Regimental Number | 73039 |
| Type of Casualty | Died of bomb wounds. Accidentally killed digging trenches. |
| Theatre of War | Maroeuil British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France |
