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Comrie Stephen Snowdon

In memory of:

Lance Sergeant Comrie Stephen Snowdon

December 12, 1916

Military Service

Service Number:

418709

Age:

33

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Additional Information

Son of William Comrie Snowdon and Catherine Jane (neé Stephen) Snowdon, of Montreal, Quebec.

Commemorated on Page 603 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:

III. J. 23.

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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  • Photo of Comrie Stephen Snowdon– Comrie Stephen Snowdon age 18 oldest son of William Comrie Snowdon and Catherine Jane Stephen Snowdon. Served with the 42nd Highlanders.

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    Photo of Comrie Stephen Snowdon – Comrie Stephen Snowdon age 18 oldest son of William Comrie Snowdon and Catherine Jane Stephen Snowdon. Served with the 42nd Highlanders.
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  • Letter December 12, 1916– 1st page of 3 pages of condolence letter from Chaplain to Comrie Snowdon's mother describing his death on Dec. 12, 1916

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    Letter December 12, 1916 – 1st page of 3 pages of condolence letter from Chaplain to Comrie Snowdon's mother describing his death on Dec. 12, 1916
  • Letter December 12, 1916 p.2– 2nd page of 3 of condolence letter from Chaplain to Comrie Snowdon's mother describing his death on Dec. 12, 1916

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    Letter December 12, 1916 p.2 – 2nd page of 3 of condolence letter from Chaplain to Comrie Snowdon's mother describing his death on Dec. 12, 1916
  • Letter December 12, 1916, p.3– Page 3 of 3 of condolence letter from Chaplain to mother of Comrie Snowdon describing his death on Dec. 12, 1916

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    Letter December 12, 1916, p.3 – Page 3 of 3 of condolence letter from Chaplain to mother of Comrie Snowdon describing his death on Dec. 12, 1916
  • Original grave marker– Comrie Stephen Snowdon's grave in Ecoivres Military Cemetery near Mt. St. Eloi train station, Arras, France

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    Original grave marker – Comrie Stephen Snowdon's grave in Ecoivres Military Cemetery near Mt. St. Eloi train station, Arras, France
  • Photo of Comrie Stephen Snowdon

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    Photo of Comrie Stephen Snowdon

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