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Digital gallery of Private James Evert Fitzgerald
Digital gallery of
Private James Evert Fitzgerald
Photo of grave marker taken in May 2015 by Mark Banning of England.
At the top of the marker is engraved "Known to be buried in the cemetery."
The place was used by Advanced Dressing Stations and burials took place there both before and after the Battle of Mount Sorrel in June 1916. In the morning of 2 June, an intense German artillery barrage destroyed most of the Canadian trenches and heavily bombarded their nearby artillery locations. After bring driven back to within two km of Ypres, the Canadians counter-attacked and were successful in regaining all of their trenches but at a cost of 8,478 killed and wounded between 2 -14 June. Bodies were never identified or never recovered largely because the area was fought over and continuously shelled until late 1918. Of the graves known to exist there, only a small number could be definitely located.
Digital gallery of
Private James Evert Fitzgerald
Photograph taken May 2015 by Mark Banning, England. (2 of 2)
Digital gallery of
Private James Evert Fitzgerald
Digital gallery of
Private James Evert Fitzgerald
Digital gallery of
Private James Evert Fitzgerald
Digital gallery of
Private James Evert Fitzgerald
Digital gallery of
Private James Evert Fitzgerald
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Photo of grave marker taken in May 2015 by Mark Banning of England. At the top of the marker is engraved "Known to be buried in the cemetery." The place was used by Advanced Dressing Stations and burials took place there both before and after the Battle of Mount Sorrel in June 1916. In the morning of 2 June, an intense German artillery barrage destroyed most of the Canadian trenches and heavily bombarded their nearby artillery locations. After bring driven back to within two km of Ypres, the Canadians counter-attacked and were successful in regaining all of their trenches but at a cost of 8,478 killed and wounded between 2 -14 June. Bodies were never identified or never recovered largely because the area was fought over and continuously shelled until late 1918. Of the graves known to exist there, only a small number could be definitely located.
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Photograph taken May 2015 by Mark Banning, England. (2 of 2)
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 86 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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MAPLE COPSE CEMETERY Belgium
Maple Copse Cemetery is located 5 Km south east of Ieper town centre, a road leading from the Meenseweg (N8), connecting Ieper to Menen. From Ieper town centre the Meenseweg is located via Torhoutstraat and right onto Basculestraat. Basculestraat ends at a main cross roads, directly over which begins the Meenseweg. 2.5 Km along the Meenseweg shortly after the Birr Cross Roads Cemetery, lies the right hand turning onto Wulvestraat. About 1 Km along the Wulvestraat is the left hand turning onto Schachteweidestraat. The cemetery itself is located 2 Km along the Schachteweidestraat on the right hand side of the road.
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