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John Henry Storer

In memory of:

Lieutenant John Henry Storer

March 5, 1917

Military Service

Age:

44

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Division:

8th Bn.

Citation(s):

1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal

Additional Information

Born:

August 17, 1872
Paisley, Ontario

Enlistment:

December 28, 1914
North Battleford, Saskatchewan

Son of John and Lucy Harris Storer of Battleford, Saskatchewan. Husband of Effie E. L. Storer, of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.

Lieutenant Storer served on the North West Frontier of India, 1885, and in the North West Mounted Police.

Commemorated on Page 333 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. F T

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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  • Newspaper Clipping– In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping – In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • War Diary– 8th Canadian Infantry Battalion. War Diary for March 1917 recording the burial and grave location of Lieut. Storer.

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    War Diary
    War Diary – 8th Canadian Infantry Battalion. War Diary for March 1917 recording the burial and grave location of Lieut. Storer.
  • Attestation Paper– Attestation for John Henry Storer of Paisley, Ontario and Battleford, Saskatchewn.

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    Attestation Paper – Attestation for John Henry Storer of Paisley, Ontario and Battleford, Saskatchewn.
  • Grave Marker– Courtesy Wilf Schofield, England

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    Grave Marker – Courtesy Wilf Schofield, England

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