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Ernest Jolicoeur

In memory of:

Private Ernest Jolicoeur

July 15, 1915

Military Service


Service Number:

24318

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

13th Bn.

Additional Information


Commemorated on Page 22 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

IX. I. 6.

Location:

STRAND MILITARY CEMETERY is located 13 Km south of Ieper town centre, on the Rijselseweg N365, which connects Ieper to Wijtschate, Mesen and on to Armentieres. From Ieper town centre the Rijselsestraat runs from the market square, through the Lille Gate (Rijselpoort) and directly over the crossroads with the Ieper ring road. The road name then changes to the Rijselseweg. The STRAND MILITARY CEMETERY lies on the N365, 4 Km beyond Mesen and immediately before the village of Ploegsteert on the left hand side of the road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– In memory of the men and women of London, Ontario (and area) who went to war and did not come home. Remembered on the pages of the World War One issues of the London Advertiser. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Ernest Jolicoeur– Ernest Jolicoeur (1892-1915) of the 13th Battalion, Royal Highlanders of Canada.
Son of Télésphore Jolicoeur & Elmina Bédard.
Born in Ottawa, Ontario on 31 August 1892.
He joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 24 September 1914.
In the fall of 1914, he was promoted to sergeant. This photo appears to date from that time. 
As of  15 March 1915 he reverted to the ranks at his own request, in the field, in France.
On 15 July 1915, the 13th Battalion was at Ploegstreet and its War Diary indicates that 
Private E. Jolicoeur was accidentally shot in the head and died of wounds an hour later.
  • Attestation Papers– Source: Library and Archives Canada
  • Attestation Papers
  • Document– The circumstances of  Ernest Jolicoeur's death are described in the War Diary of the 13th Canadian Infantry Battalion of July 15, 1915.

Source:  War diaries - 13th Canadian Infantry Battalion.  WAR DIARIES OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR.  Library and Archives Canada
  • Cemetery
  • Cross of Sacrifice
  • Grave Marker

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