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Military service
Service number:
440175
Age:
31
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
73rd Bn.
Birth:
February 18, 1885
Death:
February 4, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Robert and Rose Ann Halfpenny Eccles, of Gloucester, Ontario.
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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. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
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) -
Newspaper clipping
Ottawa Citizen, Tuesday, February 27, 1917, page 13, column 3. -
Newspaper clipping
Ottawa Citizen, Tuesday, February 27, 1917, page 13, column 4. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Ottawa Citizen newspaper c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private Ernest Eccles
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Private Ernest Eccles
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Private Ernest Eccles
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Eccles
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Private Ernest Eccles
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 233 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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