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Henry Edwin Gratto

In memory of:

Private Henry Edwin Gratto

April 9, 1917

Military Service


Service Number:

715029

Age:

26

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment)

Division:

26th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

February 11, 1891

Son of Ernest and Sarah Gratto, of New Glasgow, Pictou, Nova Scotia. Born at Truro, Nova Scotia.

Commemorated on Page 246 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

LICHFIELD CRATER THELUS
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

Panel 2. Col. 3.

Location:

Lichfield Crater is a small cemetery situated by the hedge of the motorway A26 (Paris-Calais) behind the village of Neuville St Vaast. On entering Neuville St Vaast follow the directions for the Vimy Canadian Memorial and take the third road on the right toward the wood, go over the motorway and take the first right towards the fields. The cemetery lies in a field approximately 450 metres from the crossroads.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Halifax Evening Mail October 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Halifax Evening Mail October 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Battalion War Diary– A Mention of Private Gratto's exploits with The Fighting 26th as reported in the original Battalion War Diaries

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