Canadian Virtual War Memorial
David McClure
In memory of:
Lance Corporal David McClure
November 17, 1916
Military Service
139643
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Army
Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force
60th Bn.
Additional Information
January 3, 1889
Son of John and Jean McClure, of Glasgow, Scotland; husband of Elizabeth McClure, of Toronto.
Commemorated on Page 123 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France
III. J. 3.
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.
Digital Collection
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Memorial – Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
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Photo of DAVID MCCLURE – Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
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