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David Clark Grieve

In memory of:

Lieutenant David Clark Grieve

April 9, 1917

Military Service


Age:

26

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

13th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

October 24, 1890
Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland

Enlistment:

September 23, 1914
Valcartier, Quebec

Son of Alexander and Mrs. Grieve of Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland.

Commemorated on Page 247 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

VI. C. 17.

Location:

Mont St Eloi is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 8 kilometres north-west of Arras. The village stands on high ground overlooking the battlefields of Vimy and Souchez and the main Bethune-Arras road, and the ruined towers that rise from it were used as an observation post during the French attacks at Neuville-St Vaast and Givenchy in May 1915. Ecoivres is a hamlet lying at the foot of the hill, to the south-west and about 1.5 kilometres from Mont St Eloi on the Arras-St Pol line. The ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY is on the D49 road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Grave Marker– Courtesy Wilf Schofield, England
  • Newspaper clipping– Newspaper clipping of David Greive shown in an Aberfeldy area newspaper after his death.
  • Photo of David Clark Grieve– David Grieve pictured as an Officer.

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