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Vernon Cuthbert Lick

In memory of:

Lieutenant Vernon Cuthbert Lick

July 23, 1917

Military Service

Age:

22

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force

Division:

116th Battalion

Additional Information

Son of E. W. and Isabella Lick, of Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 275 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:

VI. K. 12.

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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  • Newspaper clipping– From the London Free Press July 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the London Free Press July 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– The Woodstock War Memorial was erected in 1925 by the citizens of Woodstock ON, through the initiative and efforts of the Havelock Chapter, I.O.D.E., for those men of the city/vicinity, within a 6 mile radius, that gave their lives during the wars. Vernon Lick's name is on the memorial.

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    Memorial
    Memorial – The Woodstock War Memorial was erected in 1925 by the citizens of Woodstock ON, through the initiative and efforts of the Havelock Chapter, I.O.D.E., for those men of the city/vicinity, within a 6 mile radius, that gave their lives during the wars. Vernon Lick's name is on the memorial.
  • Memorial– The Woodstock War Memorial was erected in 1925 by the citizens of Woodstock ON, through the initiative and efforts of the Havelock Chapter, I.O.D.E., for those men of the city/vicinity, within a 6 mile radius, that gave their lives during the wars. Closeup of the panel with Vernon Lick's name.

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    Memorial
    Memorial – The Woodstock War Memorial was erected in 1925 by the citizens of Woodstock ON, through the initiative and efforts of the Havelock Chapter, I.O.D.E., for those men of the city/vicinity, within a 6 mile radius, that gave their lives during the wars. Closeup of the panel with Vernon Lick's name.
  • Photo of VERNON CUTHBERT LICK– Lieutenant Vernon Cuthbert Lick

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    Photo of VERNON CUTHBERT LICK
    Photo of VERNON CUTHBERT LICK – Lieutenant Vernon Cuthbert Lick
  • Photo of Vernon Lick– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Photo of Vernon Lick
    Photo of Vernon Lick – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • The 116th Battalion– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    The 116th Battalion
    The 116th Battalion – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Photo of VERNON CUTHBERT LICK– Courtesy Wilf Schofield, England

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    Photo of VERNON CUTHBERT LICK
    Photo of VERNON CUTHBERT LICK – Courtesy Wilf Schofield, England

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