Ambrosios Constantine (Alexander) Ionides^{[1, 2, 3]}

1878 - 1915  (37 years)

• Name	Ambrosios Constantine (Alexander) Ionides
  Nickname	Ambrose
  Birth	09 Apr 1878	London, England UK
  Christening	09 Jun 1878	Church of Our Saviour, London Wall, City of London, England UK
  	Penelope Sechiari (represented by Euterpe A. C. Ionides). [4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	16 Oct 1915	Flanders, Belgium
  	Lieutenant in the King's Royal Rifle Corps, killed in action. He appears on the Eton School - Rolls of Honour for the Men of the Kings Royal Rifle Corp killed in the Great War. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 51 and 53. He was killed on 16 0ctober, whilst out with a wiring party in front of the trenches. The mist, under cover of which they had been working, suddenly lifted. Lieutenant Ionides ordered his men to lie down, but remained standing himself till all his men had got the order. In so doing he himself was seen by the Germans. His colonel wrote: “Although he had only been with us for a few months he was extremely popular, and had proved himself an excellent soldier. We all liked him and are proud to have had him as a brother officer." The sergeant of his platoon wrote: “He was loved by his men for his kindness, his bravery and his many soldierly qualities. He set us a good example of coolness under fire, and his platoon was willing and ready to follow him anywhere." His estate valued at £7267 18s. 6d. was administered by London County and Westminster Bank. [5]
  Burial	Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK
  	His remains are presumably in Commonwealth War Grave, Menin Gate, Ypres, France; the grave reads: 'in memory of...'
  Notes	Education: Eton until 1895. Residence: 1901, Holland Park, Kensington, London. Occupation: stock-broker, soldier. Lieutenant, 15th Battalion attached 9th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Member, London Stock Exchange; he is memorialized on their website. The 1881 England census: 1 Holland Park, Kensington, London, household headed by Alexander C. Ionides, 70, retired merchant and late cousul general of Greece, naturalized British subject; wife Euterpe, 64, both b. Constantinople; grandsons Andrew A., 4; Ambrose A, 2 3/4; George A. 1 3/4; granddaughter Aglaia, 6 months, all b. London; & 6 servants; and adjacent at 1a Holland Park, household headed by Theodore John Coronios, 54, merchant, b. Constantinople, British subject; wife Aglaia [daughter of Alexander and Euterpe], 45, b. London, Finsbury Circus; daughter Calliope, 24; son John, 23, both b. Tulse Hill, London; & 3 servants. The 1901 England census: 1 Holland Park, Kensington, London, household headed by Isabel Ionides, 47, widow, b. Marseille, British subject; sons Andre A, 24, commercial clerk; Ambrose C, 22, commercial broker; George A, 21, clerk; daughter Aglaia, 20, living on own means, all b. Kensington, London; visitor & 4 servants; and adjacent at 1a Holland Park, household headed by Theodore John Coronios, 72, retired living on own means, b. Syros, British subject; wife Aglaia [daughter of Alexander and Euterpe Ionides], 64; daughter Calliope Sechiari, 44, both b. London; son-in-law Paraskeva Sechiari, 48, banker (Rodocanachi), b. Marseille, naturalized British subject; granddaughter Isabel M., 9, b. London & 4 servants. He administered his mother estate. 1911 England census for The Homewood, Spa Bottom Fairmile, Esher, Surrey, household headed by Isabel Ionides, 57, b. France, widow, 5 children, all living, British subject by parentage; sons Andre A, 34, foreign banker; Ambrose C, 33, stock exchange own account; daughter Aglaia, 30, all b. Kensington, London, single; Antonina Frangopulo, 44, b. Paddington, London, visitor, married 15 years, 1 child, living; 4 servants.
  Person ID	I215	Negroponte-Agelasto
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2021

  
  

  Father	Alexander (Alexander) Ionides,   b. 14 Jan 1840, Tulse Hill, London, England UK d. 31 Jul 1898, London, England UK (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Zambelou (Ambrose) Sechiari,   b. 21 Apr 1853, boulevard Dugommier 5, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France d. 19 Oct 1913, The Homewood, Esher, Surrey, England UK (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	Autumn 1875	Chapel of Our Saviour, Finsbury Circus, City of London, England UK
  	possibly 14 Aug or 14 Sep (Sturdza) Witnesses/Sponsors: Theodore P. Ralli & Aglaia Coronio; Hieronymous Myriantheus presiding; entry 95. [6]
  Family ID	F78	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Euphrosyne (Dimitrios) Spartali,   b. 03 Mar 1880, London, England UK d. 12 Sep 1935, Eastbourne, East Sussex, England UK (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	29 Jul 1911	St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK
  	The wedding was covered in The Times (London) 1 Aug 1911. Witnesses/Sponsors: A. Ionides, A.A. Ralli, E.B. Ellice Clark; The rites were performed by the Reverend Archimandrite Pagonis; entry 287 [7]
  Children	+ 1. Dionysos Alexander (Ambrosios) Ionides,   b. 23 May 1912, 2 Palace Court, Bayswater, London, England UK d. 29 Nov 1978, Horham Eye, Suffolk, England UK (Age 66 years)   2. Irene (Ambrosios) Ionides,   b. 06 Sep 1914, England UK d. 3 Sep 1986, Birch Trees Nursing Home, Midhurst, West Sussex, England UK (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F79	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Dec 2010

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 09 Apr 1878 - London, England UK Christening - 09 Jun 1878 - Church of Our Saviour, London Wall, City of London, England UK Marriage - 29 Jul 1911 - St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK Death - 16 Oct 1915 - Flanders, Belgium Burial - - Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Ambrose C Ionides
  		Ambrose Constantine Ionides [photo courtesy of the London Stock Exchange War Memorial]
  		1 Holland Park, Kensington, London photo 2009; the site is now occupied by the Greek Embassy; earlier structures were destroyed by fire. Previously a nursing home, owned by the local Council, sat here. From about 1880 - 1905 the Alexander C. Ionides family lived here.
  		1 Holland Park, Kensington, London The Embassy of Greece
  		Stanhope Terrace, London, England photo 2009; no low street numbering. Ambrose A Ionides gave his wife's address as 6 Stanhope Terrace, Hyde Park, W2, on his medal card, and this is likely where his family was living when he was killed in battle.

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Ambrose Constantine Ionides - Kings Royal Rifle Corps British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920
  		De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour, 1914-1924 p 178
  		Ambrose Constantine Ionides 1916 Probate

  
  

  Headstones		West Norwood Cemetery face 1: Alexander A Ionides (1840-1898) and wife Isabella (1853-1913); face 2: Ambrose C Ionides (1878-1915); photo by Parker Agelasto
  		Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West Flanders, Belgium cemetery website

  
  

• Sources

  [S9] Martin Edwards, Stock Exchange War Memorial, (Stock Exchange War Memorial website), 2008. [S119] 1911 England Census. [S126] 1881 England Census. [S68] Kyriakos Metaxas, editor, The Greek Gazette, (London, England), Nov 1975, 12. Records of Baptisms from the Church of Our Saviour, 82-84 London Wall, City of London [S82] UK National Probate Calendar Indexes, 1858-1966, 1973-1995. [S68] Kyriakos Metaxas, editor, The Greek Gazette, (London, England), 12. Records of Marriages from the Church of Our Saviour [London] Mar 1977 [S68] Kyriakos Metaxas, editor, The Greek Gazette, (London, England), Sep 1983, 12. Marriages Celebrated at the Holy Wisdom (Saint Sophia) in Moscow Road, Bayswater [London]