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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
418819
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
42nd Bn.
Birth:
July 22, 1892
Salford, Manchester, England
Enlistment:
May 12, 1915
Montreal, Québec
Death:
September 15, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of the late Joseph and Elizabeth Elliott of Manchester, England.
Additional citations
Military Medal
Digital gallery of Private William Elliott
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. From the Annie Boyes collection courtesy of the Simcoe County Archives. http://www.simcoe.ca/dpt/arc
Digital gallery of
Private William Elliott
Digital gallery of
Private William Elliott
Digital gallery of
Private William Elliott
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 82 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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