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Military service
Service number:
193109
Age:
37
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
January 8, 1880
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Arras Road Cem. Mem. 20.
Additional information
Son of Mr. E. and Mrs. M. Lane, of Hamilton, Ontario; husband of Violet Lane, of Bottom Moor, Oldham, England.
Digital gallery of Private Edward Hubert John Lane
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Grave Marker
– The grave marker at the Nine Elms Cemetery located outside Roclincourt, France. It is located about 5 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Cemetery
Nine Elms Cemetery – The Nine Elms Cemetery, located at Roclincourt, France. It is about 5 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial in France. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Newspaper Clipping
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Cap Badge
Cap Badge 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Private Lane was a member of the 92nd bn Bn before transfer to the 15th bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Cap Badge
Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder Patch
Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Grave Marker
Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team DILEAS GU BRATH. -
Vimy Cross
Vimy Cross erected by the 15th Battalion following the 9 April 1917 battle at Vimy Ridge to commemorate those who fell during the engagement. Photo from the archives of the 48th Highlanders Museum, Toronto. Provided by BGen (ret) G Young and submitted by Capt (ret) V Goldman of the 15th Battalion Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Vimy Cross
The Vimy Cross was returned to the 48th Highlanders after the war by the CWGC and currently rests in a place of honour in their Regimental Museum. All the names of those 15th Battalion members killed during battle at Vimy Ridge remain clearly visible on the cross. Photo by BGen (ret) G Young and submitted by Capt (ret) V Goldman of the 15th Battalion Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (front side). Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (reverse side). Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Photo of EDWARD HUBERT JOHN LANE
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Cenotaph
The 15th Battalion Vimy cross memorial was erected and dedicated at Ecurie, France close to the site where the original wooden Vimy cross was erected on the battlefield near Nine Elms Cemetery on 10 April 1917. The memorial is a granite replica of that cross and bears the names of fifty-four of the battalion's Fallen that were inscribed on the original - including Pte Edward Lane. Photograph taken in September 2018 at the dedication ceremony and is submitted by the 15th Battalion CEF Memorial Project. Dileas Gu Brath
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 271 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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NINE ELMS MILITARY CEMETERY (France) Pas de Calais, France
Thelus is a village about 6.5 kilometres north of Arras and 1 kilometre east of the main road from Arras to Lens. The NINE ELMS MILITARY CEMETERY is on the western side of the main road and about 1.5 kilometres south of the village.
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