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Military service
Service number:
227635
Age:
30
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles (British Columbia Regt.)
Birth:
January 14, 1887
Croydon Surrey, England
Enlistment:
May 29, 1916
Victoria, British Columbia
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
6.C. 10.
Additional information
Son of William and Elizabeth Borrow, of Croydon, Surrey. Brother of Winifred Emily Adams, East Croydon, Surrey.
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Pte Ernest Henry Borrow - 2nd CMR. Died 09th April 1917 - Vimy Ridge -
Photo of Ernest Borrow
Pte Ernest Henry Borrow of the 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles Regimental No. 227635 Died 9th April 1917 at Vimy Ridge -
Grave marker
Taken on 9th April 2007 during the Vimy 90th Anniversary commemoration. -
Cemetery
Canadian Cemetery No. 2 - The Canadian Cemetery No. 2 is located on Vimy Ridge and is attached to the grounds of Canada's Vimy Memorial. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres north of Arras, France.(John & Anne Stephens 2013)
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Private Ernest Henry Borrow
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Henry Borrow
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Henry Borrow
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Henry Borrow
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 204 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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CANADIAN CEMETERY No. 2 Pas de Calais, France
The CANADIAN CEMETERY No. 2 is about 2.5 kilometres north of the village of Neuville-St. Vaast. The village is about 6 kilometres north of Arras and 1 kilometre east of the main road from Arras to Bethune. The cemetery is on a spur road turning left from the road to Givenchy-en-Gohelle, about 1 kilometre south of the Canadian Memorial at Vimy.
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