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Herbert Boyd Symonds

In memory of:

Lieutenant Herbert Boyd Symonds

April 9, 1917

Military Service


Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

14th Bn.

Additional Information


Commemorated on Page 336 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

NINE ELMS MILITARY CEMETERY (France)
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

I. A. 29.

Location:

Thelus is a village about 6.5 kilometres north of Arras and 1 kilometre east of the main road from Arras to Lens. The NINE ELMS MILITARY CEMETERY is on the western side of the main road and about 1.5 kilometres south of the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper Clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. From the Annie Boyes collection courtesy of the Simcoe County Archives. http://www.simcoe.ca/dpt/arc
  • Photo of HERBERT BOYD SYMONDS– Photograph of a Watercolour prepared from a photograph. The watercolour belonged to his sister, Isabelle Symonds.
  • Honour roll– This tablet is in honour of 
those members of the staff
of National Trust Company Limited
who from its several offices at
Toronto Montreal Winnipeg Edmonton
Saskatoon and Regina enlisted for 
service in the defence of the empire
1914 X 1918
James Rodger Buik
Francis Cyprian Crummey
Michael Flynn
Gordon Budd Irving
Percival Molson
William Dickson Robertson
Herbert Boyd Symonds
Wilfrid Burton Tait
James Wilson
Gordon Stevenson Winnibrith
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Star c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Cemetery– Nine Elms Cemetery – The Nine Elms Cemetery, located at Roclincourt, France. It is about 5 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial in France. (John & Anne Stephens 2013)
  • Grave Marker– Grave Marker – The grave marker at the Nine Elms Cemetery located outside Roclincourt, France. It is located about 5 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013)

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