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Henry James Carter

In memory of:

Driver Henry James Carter

July 7, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

348647

Age:

45

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Field Artillery

Division:

3rd Div. Ammunition Col.

Additional Information

Born:

September 19, 1871

Son of George and Louisa Carter, of Dorsetshire, England; husband of Amy J. Carter, of 534 St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto.

Commemorated on Page 214 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

V. K. 16.

Location:

Mont St Eloi is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 8 kilometres north-west of Arras. The village stands on high ground overlooking the battlefields of Vimy and Souchez and the main Bethune-Arras road, and the ruined towers that rise from it were used as an observation post during the French attacks at Neuville-St Vaast and Givenchy in May 1915. Ecoivres is a hamlet lying at the foot of the hill, to the south-west and about 1.5 kilometres from Mont St Eloi on the Arras-St Pol line. The ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY is on the D49 road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.

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    Memorial – Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
  • Photo of HENRY JAMES CARTER– Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.

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    Photo of HENRY JAMES CARTER – Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram March 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram March 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram July 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram July 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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  • Photo of Henry James Carter– Henry James Carter circa 1916

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  • Photo of Henry James Carter– Henry James Carter in England c. 1916

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    Photo of Henry James Carter – Henry James Carter in England c. 1916

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