Language selection

Government of Canada / Gouvernement du Canada

Search veterans.gc.ca

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Lyle Leonard Ellis

In memory of:

Warrant Officer Class II Lyle Leonard Ellis

March 17, 1944
Camp Tsurumi 3D, Osaka, Japan

Military Service

Service Number:

K/92050

Age:

26

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Canadian Army Pay Corps

Citation(s):

1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.

Additional Information

Born:

November 29, 1917
Prineville, Crook, Oregon

Enlistment:

May 4, 1940
Victoria, British Columbia

Son of Samuel Bevington Ellis and Emerinne Mathilda Young. Brother of S. Clair Ellis, an aviator in the United States Army Air Force, and sailor Hal Grover Ellis, United States Navy. They fought overseas in World War II and survived the war.

Served in British Columbia, Hong Kong with Force C, Japan as a prisoner of war. Had 1,414 days of service, including 872 overseas.

Commemorated on Page 300 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY
Japan

Grave Reference:

Sec. A. B. 2.

Location:

YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY is 9 kilometres west of the city on Yuenchi-Dori, Hodogaya Ward, which branches left off the old Tokkaido highway. The nearest railway station is Hodogaya, 5 kilometres to the north on the JNR line but the cemetery is easily reached by bus from Yokohama station.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

Send us your images

  • Document– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

    Details

    Document
    Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Document– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

    Details

    Document
    Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of LYLE LEONARD ELLIS– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

    Details

    Photo of LYLE LEONARD ELLIS
    Photo of LYLE LEONARD ELLIS – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Letter– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

    Details

    Letter
    Letter – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Circumstances of death– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

    Details

    Circumstances of death
    Circumstances of death – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Attestation paper– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

    Details

    Attestation paper
    Attestation paper – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Learn more about the Canadian Virtual War Memorial

To learn more please visit our help page. If you have questions or comments regarding the information contained in this registry, email or call us. For inquiries regarding the names and information found in the RCMP Honour Roll, please email the RCMP.

Date modified: