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Robertson Macaulay Cushing
In memory of:
Second Lieutenant Robertson Macaulay Cushing
April 30, 1918
France
Military Service
33
Army
Royal Garrison Artillery
190th Siege Bty.
Additional Information
June 22, 1884
Montreal, Quebec
June 2, 1915
Montreal, Quebec
Son of Charles and Lily Margaret Macaulay Cushing, of Montreal, Quebec. Husband of Mabel Louise Dawson Cushing, of Montreal, Quebec.
Commemorated on Page 585 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
XIV. C. 15.
NINE ELMS BRITISH CEMETERY is located 11.5 Km west of Ieper town centre on the Helleketelweg, a road leading from the N308 connecting Ieper to Poperinge. From Ieper town centre the Poperingseweg (N308), is reached via Elverdingsestraat then over two small roundabouts in the J. Capronstraat. The Poperingseweg is a continuation of the J. Capronstraat and begins after a prominent railway level crossing. On reaching the ring road of Poperinge, the R33 Europalaan, the left hand clockwise route circles the town of Poperinge and rejoins the N308 towards Oost Cappel. 2.5 Km around the R33 lies the left hand turning onto Helleketelweg. The cemetery itself is located 700 metres along the Helleketelweg on the left hand side of the road.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Newspaper clipping – From the Montreal Star c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Honour Roll – From the "McGill Honour Roll, 1914-1918". McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 1926.
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