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Edgar Smith Spurr

In memory of:

Lieutenant Edgar Smith Spurr

June 14, 1918

Military Service

Age:

32

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Nova Scotia Regiment)

Division:

25th Bn.

Honours and Awards:

Military Cross

Additional Information

Son of George Edward and Margaret Ann Spurr, of Torbrook Mines, Annapolis Co. Husband of Ethel Heath Spurr, of Middleton, Annapolis Co., Nova Scotia.

Commemorated on Page 505 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

WAILLY ORCHARD CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

III. D. 2.

Location:

Wailly is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais about 6 kilometres south-west from Arras in the valley of the little river Crinchon. WAILLY ORCHARD CEMETERY stands above the village on its outskirts in part of the old orchard.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Grave marker– Lt Edgar Smith Spurr MC 15 August 2019 Canadian Expeditionary Force Research Group CEFRG https://cefrg.ca

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    Grave marker – Lt Edgar Smith Spurr MC 15 August 2019 Canadian Expeditionary Force Research Group CEFRG https://cefrg.ca
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Halifax Evening Mail December 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Halifax Evening Mail December 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Edgar Spurr– "He was a born leader of men, who helped to make trench life bearable. He used to come to our outpost at night and talk about home; his family, and his apple orchard in the [Annapolis] Valley."--Pvt. Harrison Livingstone [716207]

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    Photo of Edgar Spurr
    Photo of Edgar Spurr – "He was a born leader of men, who helped to make trench life bearable. He used to come to our outpost at night and talk about home; his family, and his apple orchard in the [Annapolis] Valley."--Pvt. Harrison Livingstone [716207]

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