Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Martin Skuse
In memory of:
Private Martin Skuse
January 27, 1917
Military Service
210828
28
Army
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
58th Bn.
Not eligible for 1914-1915 Star.
Additional Information
August 17, 1888
Born 17 August 1888 in Thornburg, Gloucester, England. Son of Mrs. Thomas Skuse, Thornburg, Gloucester, England. Brother of Austin of Toronto, Ontario and George of Walkerton, Ontario. Enlisted at Welland, Ontario on 23 October 1915. Had previous service with the 44th Regiment. He listed himself as single and was a laborer.
Commemorated on Page 327 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
IV. B. 28.
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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