Language selection

Government of Canada / Gouvernement du Canada

Search veterans.gc.ca

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Martin King

In memory of:

Private Martin King

March 24, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

745111

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)

Division:

18th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

February 27, 1893

Commemorated on Page 268 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. G. 16.

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

Send us your images

  • Circumstances of Death– Circumstances of Death Register: "Killed in Action." Killed by a shell during a raid on enemy trenches.

    Details

    Circumstances of Death
    Circumstances of Death – Circumstances of Death Register: "Killed in Action." Killed by a shell during a raid on enemy trenches.
  • National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes– Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.

    Details

    National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes
    National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes – Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
  • Photo of MARTIN KING– Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.

    Details

    Photo of MARTIN KING
    Photo of MARTIN KING – Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram March 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

    Details

    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram March 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Sunderland Ontario War Memorial– Martin King's name is included on the Sunderland Ontario War Memorial.

    Details

    Sunderland Ontario War Memorial
    Sunderland Ontario War Memorial – Martin King's name is included on the Sunderland Ontario War Memorial.
  • Press Clipping

    Details

    Press Clipping
    Press Clipping

Learn more about the Canadian Virtual War Memorial

To learn more please visit our help page. If you have questions or comments regarding the information contained in this registry, email or call us. For inquiries regarding the names and information found in the RCMP Honour Roll, please email the RCMP.

Date modified: