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Military service
Service number:
830169
Age:
30
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
8th Bn.
Birth:
July 12, 1887
Death:
August 15, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Private Samuel Elmes
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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) -
Roll of Honour
Canadian National Railways - World War One Roll of Honour. Pte. Samuel Elmes enlisted in Winnipeg, Manitoba in the 144th Battalion CEF. He described his occupation on his military attestation as a clerk. Elmes was born in Edgeworthstown, County Longford, Ireland. His next-of-kin at the time of his attestation was his mother, Annie Elmes, at Station House, Killeshandra, County Cavan, Ireland. In honoured memory.
Digital gallery of
Private Samuel Elmes
Digital gallery of
Private Samuel Elmes
Digital gallery of
Private Samuel Elmes
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 234 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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