Canadian Virtual War Memorial
James William Edgers
In memory of:
Private James William Edgers
September 14, 1917
Military Service
639824
25
Army
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
2nd Bn.
Additional Information
February 20, 1893
Son of Eugene and Delilah Edgers, of Lyndhurst.
Commemorated on Page 233 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
BRUAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas de Calais, France
K. 16.
Bruay is a large village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 6 kilometres south-west of Bethune and 26 kilometres north-west of Arras. Leave Bruay on the N.41 heading north towards Berck. Turn right where signposts indicate Lews/Calonne Riquart. After 400 metres turn right again, sign Cimetiere Ouest. Continue up the hill past the miner memorial. The cemetery is found after one kilometre on the right hand side. The Commonwealth plot is in the far right hand corner.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Details
Photo of James Edgers – From "Our Heroes in The Great World War", compiled by J. H. De Wolfe, Patriotic Publishing Co., Ottawa, Ontario, 1919.
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