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Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Herbert Marshall Upton

In memory of:

Lieutenant Herbert Marshall Upton

August 30, 1918

Military Service


Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)

Division:

2nd Bn.

Additional Information


Commemorated on Page 515 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

VI. J. 23.

Location:

Ecoust-St-Mein is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, between Arras, Cambrai and Bapaume. The H.A.C. Cemetery is about 800 metres south of the village on the west side of the D956 road to Beugenatre.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Herbert M. Upton– Lt. H.M. Upton, 2nd Battalion. Photograph taken August, 1918, in a farmyard. He was killed in the attack on Upton Wood on the morning of August 30th, 1918. In the collection of the donor.
  • Group Photo– Photograph of Lt. Upton's Company, 2nd Battalion, taken in a farmyard August 1918. Lt. Upton is standing in the back row fourth from the left. Photo in the collection of the donor.
  • Newspaper Clipping– From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– Newspaper Article regarding the unveiling of the Berkeley Street Methodist Church Memorial Tablet in May 1920.
  • Roll of Honour– Dufferin School, Toronto, Ontario.  A memorial plaque listing 48 former students who died during the first World War was dedicated at Dufferin School on January 20th, 1928.  The memorial was unveiled by Thomas J. Bragg, President Dufferin School Old Boys, and dedicated by Rev. E. A. Henry, D.D., Chaplain Dufferin School Old Boys. The original 1876 school building faced Berkeley Street. It was torn down in 1925 and replaced with a structure on Parliament Street, and renamed as Lord Dufferin School. In honoured memory of the boys of Dufferin School.
  • Memorial Plaque– Lt. Herbert M. Upton's name is inscribed on this Memorial Plaque.
  • Grave Marker– Photo courtesy
Wilf Schofield, England

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