Canadian Virtual War Memorial
David Elliot
In memory of:
Private David Elliot
April 9, 1918
Military Service
690050
23
Army
Canadian Machine Gun Corps
1st Bn.
Additional Information
Son of William and Elizabeth Elliott, of Hamilton, Ontario.
Commemorated on Page 403 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France
VI. L. 6.
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.
Digital Collection
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Memorial – Pte. David Elliot is remembered on the Elliot family monument at Hamilton Cemetery, Hamilton, Ontario. -
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Inscription – A tribute to Pte. David Elliot is inscribed upon the Elliot family monument at Hamilton Cemetery, Hamilton, Ontario. It reads: PTE. DAVID ELLIOT / KILLED AT VIMY 9 APRIL 1918 / AGED 23 YEARS / BURIED IN ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY FRANCE. -
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Photo of David Elliot – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
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Newspaper Clipping – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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