Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Charles Toyne Elmhirst
In memory of:
Private Charles Toyne Elmhirst
March 27, 1917
Military Service
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Army
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles (Saskatchewan Regt.)
Additional Information
March 31, 1896
Son of Richard and Phyllis Elmhirst, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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
ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France
IV. H. 6.
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.
Digital Collection
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Newspaper Clipping – In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
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Newspaper Clipping – In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
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Photo of Charles Toyne Elmhirst – Charles Toyne Elmhirst March 31,1895 - March 27,1917 -
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Letter - Page 1of 3 – Letter from Toyne to brother Rollie. -
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Letter - Page 2 of 3 – Toyne's letter to brother Rollie page 2 -
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Letter - Page 3 of 3 – Toyne's letter to brother Rollie Page 3
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