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Lisle Craddock Ramsay

In memory of:

Lieutenant Lisle Craddock Ramsay

April 9, 1917

Military Service


Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

15th Bn.

Additional Information


Commemorated on Page 313 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. D. 1.

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.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper Clipping– In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Remembered by the 48th Highlanders Museum 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
  • Newspaper Clipping– In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Remembered by the 48th Highlanders Museum 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Cap Badge– Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada).  Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project.  DILEAS GU BRATH
  • Shoulder Patch– Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada).  Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project.  DILEAS GU BRATH
  • Photo of Lisle Craddock Ramsay– Photo of Lt LC Ramsay from the Bank of Montreal Roll of Honour published after WWI. Submitted by BGen G Young, 15th Battalion Memorial Project.

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  • Biography– Biography of Lt LC Ramsay from the Bank of Montreal Roll of Honour published after WWI. Submitted by BGen G Young, 15th Battalion Memorial Project.

Dileas Gu Brath
  • Grave Marker– Photo by BGen (ret`d) G. Young, submitted by Capt (ret`d) V. Goldman 15th Bn Memorial Project.  DILEAS GU BRATH
  • Grave Marker– Courtesy Wilf Schofield, England
  • Part II orders– Pt II Orders 15th Bn dated 17 April 1917 noting Lt Ramsay's death.  Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum.  DILEAS GU BRATH

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