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Military service
Service number:
183491
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
31st Bn.
Birth:
April 18, 1896
Death:
September 27, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Sp. Mem. A. 2.
Additional information
Son of George Waylat Ellis and Caroline Ellis, of 2446, York St., Vancouver, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Private Martin Lawford Ellis
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. He was discovered and exhumed at a later date and now rests in a marked grave.May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Mémorial de Vimy
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Pierre tombale
Taken 11/09/21
Digital gallery of
Private Martin Lawford Ellis
Digital gallery of
Private Martin Lawford Ellis
Digital gallery of
Private Martin Lawford Ellis
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 83 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY Somme, France
Courcelette is a village some 10 kilometres north-east of the town of Albert, just off the D929 road to Bapaume. The Courcelette British Cemetery is approximately 1 kilometre west of the village on the south side of a track, suitable for cars, from the secondary road from Courcelette to Pozieres. The route is signposted in the village.
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