Military service
Burial/memorial information
Brother of Purser Leslie Harrington Ellis who died on November 14, 1943 while serving with the Canadian Merchant Navy.
Military Cross
Digital gallery of Second Lieutenant Shirley Duncan Ellis
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Rouleau de service
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921. -
Photo de Shirley Duncan Ellis
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto 1916. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me. -
Mémorial
The Soldiers' Tower was built at University of Toronto between 1919-1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. The name of "2nd Lt S. D. Ellis M.C: R.E." is among the 628 names carved on the Memorial Screen, which can be seen at photo left. Photo: K. Parks -
Mémorial
Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike, 2010. -
Coupure de presse
From the Daily Colonist of April 21, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist58y113uvic#mode/1up -
Newspaper clipping
From the Daily Colonist of March 21, 1916. -
Coupure de presse
From the Daily Colonist of December 12, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist59y314uvic/mode/1up?view=theater -
Coupure de presse
From the Vancouver (B. C.) newspaper c. 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Shirley Duncan Ellis
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Shirley Duncan Ellis
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Shirley Duncan Ellis
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Shirley Duncan Ellis
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Shirley Duncan Ellis
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Shirley Duncan Ellis
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Shirley Duncan Ellis
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Shirley Duncan Ellis
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 571 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Bethune is located 29 kilometres north of Arras.
The BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY is on the northern outskirts of Bethune near the junction of the River Lawe and the Aire la Bassee Canal. From the town centre turn right in front of the Tribunal and second right at the bottom of the road down to the cul de sac.
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