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William John Darbourn

In memory of:

Private William John Darbourn

April 10, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

195384

Age:

28

Force:

Army

Unit:

5th Canadian Mounted Rifles (Quebec Regiment)

Additional Information

Born:

April 2, 1889

Youngest son of George and Mary Maria Darbourn, of Rose Cottage, Honey Hill, St. Sebastians, Wokingham, England.

Commemorated on Page 225 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. C. 22.

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– Pte W.J. Darbourn, Fought at Vimy Ridge, Wounded 9th April 1917, Died of Wounds 10th April 1917

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    Newspaper clipping – Pte W.J. Darbourn, Fought at Vimy Ridge, Wounded 9th April 1917, Died of Wounds 10th April 1917
  • Circumstances of death registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Dack to Dabate. Microform Sequence 26; Volume Number 31829_B016735. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 170. Page 385 of 1140.

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    Circumstances of death registers
    Circumstances of death registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Dack to Dabate. Microform Sequence 26; Volume Number 31829_B016735. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 170. Page 385 of 1140.

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