Military service
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Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Portsmouth, of Petrolia, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Corporal Eldon Elliott Portsmouth
Digital gallery of
Corporal Eldon Elliott Portsmouth
– The grave marker at the Nine Elms Cemetery located outside Roclincourt, France. It is located about 5 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013)
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Corporal Eldon Elliott Portsmouth
Nine Elms Cemetery – The Nine Elms Cemetery, located at Roclincourt, France. It is about 5 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial in France. (John & Anne Stephens 2013)
Digital gallery of
Corporal Eldon Elliott Portsmouth
Sergt. Eldon E. Portsmouth, 34 Battalion
Killed in Action at Vimy Ridge, April 9th 1917
"HE DIED THAT WE MAY LIVE"
Sergt. Portsmouth was a member of our staff ( The R. Stirrett Co.) when he enlisted, and we do wish to do him this public honor. He has proven himself a hero in his deeds as well as in his death and he has brought great honor to his home and to Petrolia.
From The Topic, April 26 1917
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– The grave marker at the Nine Elms Cemetery located outside Roclincourt, France. It is located about 5 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013)
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Nine Elms Cemetery – The Nine Elms Cemetery, located at Roclincourt, France. It is about 5 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial in France. (John & Anne Stephens 2013)
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Sergt. Eldon E. Portsmouth, 34 Battalion Killed in Action at Vimy Ridge, April 9th 1917 "HE DIED THAT WE MAY LIVE" Sergt. Portsmouth was a member of our staff ( The R. Stirrett Co.) when he enlisted, and we do wish to do him this public honor. He has proven himself a hero in his deeds as well as in his death and he has brought great honor to his home and to Petrolia. From The Topic, April 26 1917
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 310 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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NINE ELMS MILITARY CEMETERY (France) Pas de Calais, France
Thelus is a village about 6.5 kilometres north of Arras and 1 kilometre east of the main road from Arras to Lens. The NINE ELMS MILITARY CEMETERY is on the western side of the main road and about 1.5 kilometres south of the village.
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