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Military service
Service number:
160527
Age:
32
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
54th Bn.
Birth:
September 19, 1884
London, England
Enlistment:
October 7, 1915
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
October 26, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Maltilda and Gordon Elkins of Guildford, Surrey, England.
Additional citations
British War Medal and Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private Edward Gordon Elkins
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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)
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Private Edward Gordon Elkins
Digital gallery of
Private Edward Gordon Elkins
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 82 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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