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Ernest George Harvey

In memory of:

Lance Serjeant Ernest George Harvey

October 4, 1916

Military Service

Service Number:

106276

Age:

21

Force:

Army

Unit:

1st Canadian Mounted Rifles (Saskatchewan Regt.)

Additional Information

Born:

January 8, 1893

Son of Henry and Alice Harvey, of Stornoway, Saskatchewan.

Commemorated on Page 99 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

ACHIET-LE-GRAND COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

II. M. 41.

Location:

Achiet-le-Grand is a large village in the department of the Pas-de-Calais 19 kilometres south of Arras. The Military Cemetery is situated at the north-west side of the village alongside the Communal Cemetery. One should take the main road from Arras to Bapaume (N17). At Ervillers turn right on to the D9 towards Achiet. At the first junction in the village a CWGC signpost indicates the way towards the right.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Prisoner of War Record– Prisoner of War Record 1: International Committee for the Red Cross Archives

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    Prisoner of War Record – Prisoner of War Record 1: International Committee for the Red Cross Archives
  • Prisoner of War Record– Prisoner of War Record 2: International Committee for the Red Cross Archives

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    Prisoner of War Record – Prisoner of War Record 2: International Committee for the Red Cross Archives
  • Prisoner of War Record– Prisoner of War Record 3: International Committee for the Red Cross Archives (listed as Edgar in error)

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    Prisoner of War Record – Prisoner of War Record 3: International Committee for the Red Cross Archives (listed as Edgar in error)
  • Prisoner of War Record– Prisoner of War Record 3: International Committee for the Red Cross Archives (listed as Ed in error)

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    Prisoner of War Record – Prisoner of War Record 3: International Committee for the Red Cross Archives (listed as Ed in error)
  • Document– Lance Sergeant Ernest George Harvey was the sole Canadian soldier exhumed from the Boursies Communal Cemetery German Extension and buried in Plot 2 Row M Grave 41 of the Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension. He was found in Grave 17 at trench map coordinates 57c.J.5.b.35.10 (GPS = 50.1427, 3.0304).

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    Document – Lance Sergeant Ernest George Harvey was the sole Canadian soldier exhumed from the Boursies Communal Cemetery German Extension and buried in Plot 2 Row M Grave 41 of the Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension. He was found in Grave 17 at trench map coordinates 57c.J.5.b.35.10 (GPS = 50.1427, 3.0304).
  • Document– Circumstance of Death record for Lance Sergeant Ernest George Harvey. Died while in captivity as a Prisoner of War at Feld Laz 136.

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    Document – Circumstance of Death record for Lance Sergeant Ernest George Harvey. Died while in captivity as a Prisoner of War at Feld Laz 136.

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