Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Esme Charles Van Eeghen
In memory of:
Second Lieutenant Esme Charles Van Eeghen
July 20, 1917
Military Service
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Army
Royal Garrison Artillery
324th Siege Bty.
Additional Information
Son of David and Florence Van Eeghen, of Reguliersgracht 25, Amsterdam, Holland.
Commemorated on Page 582 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
BARD COTTAGE CEMETERY
Belgium
III. D. 2.
The Cemetery is located on the Diksmuidseweg road (N369) in the direction of Boezinge. From Ieper station turn left into M.Fochlaan and go to the roundabout, turn right and go to the next roundabout. Here turn left and drive to the next roundabout, where you should turn right into Oude Veurnestraat. Take the second turning on the left, which is the Diksmuidseweg and carry on under the motorway bridge and the cemetery is another 300 metres on the left hand side of the road. N.B. Bard Cottage Cemetery is the first cemetery on the left, the second being Talana Farm Cemetery.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram September 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Bard Cottage Cemetery -
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Grave marker
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