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Henry Emerson

In memory of:

Private Henry Emerson

April 8, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

180216

Age:

24

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)

Division:

7th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

December 6, 1892
Victoria, British Columbia

Son of Arbuthnot Macauly Emerson, of Co. Antrim, Ireland. English:

Digitized service file.

French:

Dossier de service numérisé.

Commemorated on Page 234 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

ARRAS ROAD CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

I. B. 36.

Location:

Roclincourt is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, a little east of the road from Arras to Lens and Lille. The cemetery is on the west side of the main N17 road from Arras to Lens, about 6 kilometres north of Arras, and north of the village of Roclincourt. The cemetery was enlarged in 1926-29 by the concentration of 993 graves from a wide area mainly North and East of Arras. There are now over 1,000 First World war casualties commemorated in this site which covers an area of 4,084 square metres. It is enclosed on three sides by a stone rubble wall, and against the road by a retaining wall. Old dug-outs exist under the North-East corner and on the South-West boundary.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of May 9, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y129uvic#page/n0/mode/1up

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Daily Colonist of May 9, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y129uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
  • Newspaper Clipping– From the Daily Colonist of May 10, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y130uvic#page/n0/mode/1up

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    Newspaper Clipping – From the Daily Colonist of May 10, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y130uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
  • Memorial– This memorial is located in Salt Spring Island, British Columbia.

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    Memorial
    Memorial – This memorial is located in Salt Spring Island, British Columbia.
  • Plaque

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    Plaque
  • Inscription

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    Inscription
  • Grave Marker– The grave marker at the Arras Road Cemetery located outside Roclincourt, about 5 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013)

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    Grave Marker – The grave marker at the Arras Road Cemetery located outside Roclincourt, about 5 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013)
  • Cemetery– The Arras Road Cemetery, located at Roclincourt, about 5 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial in France. (John & Anne Stephens 2013)

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    Cemetery
    Cemetery – The Arras Road Cemetery, located at Roclincourt, about 5 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial in France. (John & Anne Stephens 2013)
  • Inscription– Epitaph

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    Inscription – Epitaph

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