Military service
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Captain Edwin Lyle Berkinshaw
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Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Bell to Bernaquez. Mircoform Sequence 8; Volume Number 31829_B016718; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 152 Page 661 of 670 -
Photo of Edwin Lyle Berkinshaw
The W. R. Brock Co. Ltd. Roll of Honour appeared in "Canada's Aid to the Allies" and "Peace Memorial" published by the Montreal Standard Printing Co. Ltd., Montreal. This large glossy publication included numerous Rolls of Honour belonging to Canadian businesses and was published shortly after the war's end. W. R. Brock Co. sold wholesale dry goods, smallwares, furnishings. Offices were located in major cities throughout Canada. Captain Berkinshaw's photo appeared on the full page Roll of Honour. He was from the company's Calgary warehouse. -
Honour Roll
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Monument
Captain Edwin Lyle Berkinshaw's name is included on his family monument at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto, Ontario. -
Inscription
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Inscription 2
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star for 6 June 1916, page 5. -
Newspaper Clipping
Clipping Calgary Daily Herald June 5, 1916. -
Newspaper clipping
Story from Calgary Daily Herald June 5, 1916 -
Grave marker
The grave marker at the Railway Dugouts Burial Ground Cemetery located approximately 3 kilometres to the south of Ieper, Belgium. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens 2010) -
Railway Dugouts Burial Ground
The Railway Dugouts Burial Ground Cemetery, located approximately 3 kilometres to the south of Ieper, Belgium. May they rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of Edwin Berkinshaw
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of Edwin Berkinshaw
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. From the Annie Boyes collection courtesy of the Simcoe County Archives. http://www.simcoe.ca/dpt/arc -
Grave Marker
Railway Dugouts Burial Ground … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Stone of Remembrance
Railway Dugouts Burial Ground … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Railway Dugouts Burial Ground … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Captain Edwin Lyle Berkinshaw
Digital gallery of
Captain Edwin Lyle Berkinshaw
Digital gallery of
Captain Edwin Lyle Berkinshaw
Digital gallery of
Captain Edwin Lyle Berkinshaw
Digital gallery of
Captain Edwin Lyle Berkinshaw
Digital gallery of
Captain Edwin Lyle Berkinshaw
Digital gallery of
Captain Edwin Lyle Berkinshaw
Digital gallery of
Captain Edwin Lyle Berkinshaw
Digital gallery of
Captain Edwin Lyle Berkinshaw
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 53 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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RAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND Belgium
RAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND (Transport Farm) is located 2 Km south east of Ieper town centre, on the Komenseweg, a road connecting Ieper to Komen (N336).
From Ieper town centre the Komenseweg is located via the Rijselsestraat, through the Rijselpoort (Lille Gate) and crossing the Ieper ring road, towards Armentieres and Lille. The road name then changes to Rijselseweg. 1 Km along the Rijselseweg lies the left hand turning onto Komenseweg. The cemetery itself is located 1.2 Km along the Komenseweg on the right hand side of the road.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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