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Military service
Service number:
15036
Age:
20
Rank:
Trooper
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Dragoons (1st Armoured Regiment)
Birth:
June 27, 1895
Death:
March 23, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Joseph Wood Elcock and Elizabeth Elcock, of Ottawa.
Digital gallery of Trooper Ralph Elcock
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Photo of Ralph Elcock
From "Our Heroes in The Great World War", compiled by J. H. De Wolfe, Patriotic Publishing Co., Ottawa, Ontario, 1919. -
Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
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Like many eager young recruits, Ralph lied about his age on his enlistment form.
Digital gallery of
Trooper Ralph Elcock
Digital gallery of
Trooper Ralph Elcock
Digital gallery of
Trooper Ralph Elcock
Digital gallery of
Trooper Ralph Elcock
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 403 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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