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Frederick James Osborn

In memory of:

Private Frederick James Osborn

April 1, 1917

Military Service


Service Number:

814266

Age:

20

Force:

Army

Unit:

The Royal Canadian Regiment

Additional Information


Son of Herbert and Elizabeth Ann Osborn, of Ottawa. Born in London, England.

Commemorated on Page 304 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:

V. A. 17.

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.

Digital Collection

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  • Inscription– Inscription to the memory of Private FREDERICK JAMES OSBORN on the family grave marker in Pinecrest Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario.
  • Attestation Papers– Source: Library and Archives Canada: Soldiers of the First World
  • Attestation Papers

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