Canadian Virtual War Memorial
George Jack
In memory of:
Private George Jack
October 29, 1917
Military Service
826489
22
Army
2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles (British Columbia Regt.)
Additional Information
March 21, 1895
Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland
May 10, 1916
Nanaimo, British Columbia
Son of Adam Jack of Nanaimo, British Columbia.
Commemorated on Page 262 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
VII. F. 19.
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 Vancouver Daily Province November 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of George Jack – Photo of George JACK in WW I. -
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Newspaper Clipping – Newspaper clipping from the Daily Colonist of November 14, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y292uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
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