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Elphinstone Forrest Mather
In memory of:
Captain Elphinstone Forrest Mather
April 9, 1918
Military Service
29
Army
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
8th Bn.
Additional Information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Mather, of Glasgow, Scotland; husband of Kate E. Mather, of Vancouver. Editor of the "Winnipeg Telegram" prior to enlisting in 44th Bn. C.E.F., 1915. Passed Cambridge Staff College course with honours, 1917.
Commemorated on Page 468 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
1917. VI. L. 11.
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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Newspaper clipping – Manitoba Free Press, Winnipeg, Wednesday, April 17, 1918 (page 5)
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