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Sidney George Elms

In memory of:

Corporal Sidney George Elms

August 18, 1917

Military Service


Service Number:

141902

Age:

39

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)

Division:

21st Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

May 13, 1878

Son of John and Lavinia Violetta Benbow Elms, of Newton Abbot, Devon., England; husband of Clair Rebecca Elms, of 455, McIntyre West, North Bay, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 234 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

III. D. 16.

Location:

Barlin is a village about 11 kilometres south-west of Bethune on the D188, between the Bethune-Arras and Bethune-St. Pol roads, about 6.5 kilometres south-east of Bruay. The BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY and EXTENSION lie to the north of the village on the D171 road to Houchin.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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