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Clifton Howard McKinlay

In memory of:

Private Clifton Howard McKinlay

May 3, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

201439

Age:

33

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

3rd Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

November 10, 1884

Husband of Nellie McKinlay, of Toronto Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 285 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

CANADIAN CEMETERY No. 2
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

14.A.11.

Location:

The CANADIAN CEMETERY No. 2 is about 2.5 kilometres north of the village of Neuville-St. Vaast. The village is about 6 kilometres north of Arras and 1 kilometre east of the main road from Arras to Bethune. The cemetery is on a spur road turning left from the road to Givenchy-en-Gohelle, about 1 kilometre south of the Canadian Memorial at Vimy.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram December 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram December 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram December 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram December 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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  • Inscription– Epitaph (John & Anne Stephens 2013)

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    Inscription – Epitaph (John & Anne Stephens 2013)
  • 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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    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)
  • 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. He was later found and placed at Cemetery #2. May he never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)

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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. He was later found and placed at Cemetery #2. May he never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
  • Graves registration form– The Concentration of Graves (Exhumation and Reburials) BURIAL RETURN shows that Private McKinlay was exhumed from trench map coordinates 51b.B.6.d.50.85, which places his remain northeast of the woods at Arleux-en-Gohelle, on the east side of Brandy Trench. Modern day GPS coordinates for that location are approximately 50.364486, 2.881878 (50°21'52.2"N 2°52'54.8"E).

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    Graves registration form
    Graves registration form – The Concentration of Graves (Exhumation and Reburials) BURIAL RETURN shows that Private McKinlay was exhumed from trench map coordinates 51b.B.6.d.50.85, which places his remain northeast of the woods at Arleux-en-Gohelle, on the east side of Brandy Trench. Modern day GPS coordinates for that location are approximately 50.364486, 2.881878 (50°21'52.2"N 2°52'54.8"E).

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