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Lance Corporal Edward Harshaw

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Military service

Service number: 11490
Age: 21
Rank: Lance Corporal
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division: 4th Bn.
Birth: Lindsay, Ontario
Death: May 26, 1916

Burial/memorial information

CHESTER FARM CEMETERY
Grave reference: II. B. 4.
Additional information
Son of John and Ellen A. Harshaw, of Beamsville, Ontario. Born at Lindsay, Ontario.

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First World War (1914 – 1918)

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 99 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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CHESTER FARM CEMETERY Belgium

CHESTER FARM CEMETERY is located 4 Km south east of Ieper town centre, on the Vaartstraat a road leading from the Komenseweg connecting Ieper to Komen (N336).

From Ieper town centre the Komenseweg is located via the Rijselsestraat, through the Rijselpoort (Lille Gate) and crossing the Ieper ring road, towards Armentieres and Lille. The road name then changes to Rijselseweg. 1 Km along the Rijselseweg lies the left hand turning onto the Komenseweg.

2.3 Km along the Komenseweg lies the right hand turning onto Vaartstraat. The cemetery is located 1.5 Km along the Vaartstraat on the right hand side of the road.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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