Staff Sgt A H Ensell of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry was arrested in July 1914 for stealing rifles from Portobello Barracks in Dublin along with arms dealer J W Benson. The intention was to supply the weapons to the UVF.
He appears to have a prison record in Mountjoy :
Mountjoy Prison 1914 : Arthur H Ensell
At the time, the 2nd Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry were stationed in Dublin. A short while later (16th August 1914) they landed in France to take part in the Great War and were involved in some costly clashes with the German Army.
Arthur Harry Ensell was born in Birmingham in approximately 1879, the son of Aurelius Theodore Ensell and Maria Smith.
Not sure when he was released from prison. He married Ethel White in 1943 when aged 64; less than 10 years later he was dead.
He doesn't appear to have served during WW1 which is surprising.
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