Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Ernest McGirr
In memory of:
Sergeant Ernest McGirr
August 21, 1917
Military Service
75018
22
Army
Canadian Machine Gun Corps
2nd Div.
Distinguished Conduct Medal
Additional Information
Son of Alice and the late William McGirr, of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Commemorated on Page 282 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
BRUAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas de Calais, France
H. 38.
Bruay is a large village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 6 kilometres south-west of Bethune and 26 kilometres north-west of Arras. Leave Bruay on the N.41 heading north towards Berck. Turn right where signposts indicate Lews/Calonne Riquart. After 400 metres turn right again, sign Cimetiere Ouest. Continue up the hill past the miner memorial. The cemetery is found after one kilometre on the right hand side. The Commonwealth plot is in the far right hand corner.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Newspaper clipping – From the Vancouver Daily Province December 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Vancouver Daily Province December 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Vancouver Daily Province September 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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