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Arthur William Britton

In memory of:

Corporal Arthur William Britton

March 24, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

108117

Age:

30

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Mounted Rifles

Division:

3rd

Additional Information

Born:

October 10, 1886

Husband of Annie M. Britton, of North Edmonton, Alberta.

Commemorated on Page 207 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

IV. G. 2.

Location:

Mont St Eloi is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 8 kilometres north-west of Arras. The village stands on high ground overlooking the battlefields of Vimy and Souchez and the main Bethune-Arras road, and the ruined towers that rise from it were used as an observation post during the French attacks at Neuville-St Vaast and Givenchy in May 1915. Ecoivres is a hamlet lying at the foot of the hill, to the south-west and about 1.5 kilometres from Mont St Eloi on the Arras-St Pol line. The ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY is on the D49 road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Circumstances of Death Registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Brabant to Britton. Mircoform Sequence 13; Volume Number 131829_B016722; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 157 Page 887 of 906

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    Circumstances of Death Registers
    Circumstances of Death Registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Brabant to Britton. Mircoform Sequence 13; Volume Number 131829_B016722; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 157 Page 887 of 906
  • Grave marker– 1918-September 3403398 O-3283 PA-003293 Lt.-Col. George Ross, the A.D.P.S. [Assistant Director of Postal Services] at grave of Corporal Arthur William Britton, Canadian Postal Services. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, September, 1918 Grave of Private Arthur Silas Burke, 42nd Battalion Royal Highlanders of Canada on the right.

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    Grave marker
    Grave marker – 1918-September 3403398 O-3283 PA-003293 Lt.-Col. George Ross, the A.D.P.S. [Assistant Director of Postal Services] at grave of Corporal Arthur William Britton, Canadian Postal Services. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, September, 1918 Grave of Private Arthur Silas Burke, 42nd Battalion Royal Highlanders of Canada on the right.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Edmonton Morning Bulletin c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the Edmonton Morning Bulletin c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Arthur William Britton– The Great War 1914 - 1918

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    Photo of Arthur William Britton
    Photo of Arthur William Britton – The Great War 1914 - 1918

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