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Lawrence Francis Gartner Bole

In memory of:

Lieutenant Lawrence Francis Gartner Bole

April 9, 1917
Vimy Ridge, France

Military Service

Age:

26

Force:

Army

Unit:

The Royal Canadian Regiment

Citation(s):

Military Cross, London Gazette No. 29765 dated 26 September 1916.

Honours and Awards:

Military Cross

Additional Information

Born:

September 13, 1890
St. Thomas, Ontario

Enlistment:

August 23, 1914
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Son of James Henry and Jemima E. Bole, of West Lorne, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 203 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

V. E. 6.

Location:

Mont St Eloi is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 8 kilometres north-west of Arras. The village stands on high ground overlooking the battlefields of Vimy and Souchez and the main Bethune-Arras road, and the ruined towers that rise from it were used as an observation post during the French attacks at Neuville-St Vaast and Givenchy in May 1915. Ecoivres is a hamlet lying at the foot of the hill, to the south-west and about 1.5 kilometres from Mont St Eloi on the Arras-St Pol line. The ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY is on the D49 road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper Clipping– Citation for the Military Cross in The London Gazette issue 29765, published 26 September 1916.

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    Newspaper Clipping – Citation for the Military Cross in The London Gazette issue 29765, published 26 September 1916.
  • Newspaper Clipping (2)– From the Dutton Advance for 5 October 1916.

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    Newspaper Clipping (2) – From the Dutton Advance for 5 October 1916.
  • Memorial– Lt. Lawrence Francis Gartner Bole's name was included on the Merchants Bank of Canada 1914 - 1918 Roll of Honour. Source: The Standard / Canada's Aid to the Allies and Peace Memorial. Edited by Frederick Yorston. Published by the Montreal Standard Publishing Co., Ltd., Montreal. This large Souvenir Edition magazine included the Rolls of Honour for various prominent Canadian businesses.

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    Memorial
    Memorial – Lt. Lawrence Francis Gartner Bole's name was included on the Merchants Bank of Canada 1914 - 1918 Roll of Honour. Source: The Standard / Canada's Aid to the Allies and Peace Memorial. Edited by Frederick Yorston. Published by the Montreal Standard Publishing Co., Ltd., Montreal. This large Souvenir Edition magazine included the Rolls of Honour for various prominent Canadian businesses.
  • Inscription– Detail of Lt. Lawrence Francis Gartner Bole's name as it appeared on the Merchants Bank of Canada 1914 - 1918 Roll of Honour.

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    Inscription – Detail of Lt. Lawrence Francis Gartner Bole's name as it appeared on the Merchants Bank of Canada 1914 - 1918 Roll of Honour.
  • Grave Marker– Courtesy Wilf Schofield, England

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    Grave Marker
    Grave Marker – Courtesy Wilf Schofield, England

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