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Charles Toyne Elmhirst

In memory of:

Private Charles Toyne Elmhirst

March 27, 1917

Military Service


Service Number:

216321

Age:

20

Force:

Army

Unit:

1st Canadian Mounted Rifles (Saskatchewan Regt.)

Additional Information


Born:

March 31, 1896

Son of Richard and Phyllis Elmhirst, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Commemorated on Page 234 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:

IV. H. 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.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper Clipping– In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Photo of Charles Toyne Elmhirst– Charles Toyne Elmhirst
March 31,1895 - March 27,1917
  • Letter - Page 1of 3– Letter from Toyne to brother Rollie.
  • Letter - Page 2 of 3– Toyne's letter to brother Rollie page 2
  • Letter - Page 3 of 3– Toyne's letter to brother Rollie Page 3

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