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William Newborn Plowright

In memory of:

Private William Newborn Plowright

April 29, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

1716

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Army Medical Corps

Division:

5th Field Amb

Additional Information

Born:

November 7, 1887

Son of William and the late Ann Ellen Plowright, of 5, Cranmore Cottages, Deeping St. James, Lincs, England. Native of Market Deeping, Lincs.

Commemorated on Page 310 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. G. 29.

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.

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  • Memorial– Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.

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    Memorial – Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram January 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram January 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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  • Photo of WILLIAM NEWBORN PLOWRIGHT– Courtesy Wilf Schofield, England

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    Photo of WILLIAM NEWBORN PLOWRIGHT – Courtesy Wilf Schofield, England

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