Canadian Virtual War Memorial
William Thomas Russell
In memory of:
Driver William Thomas Russell
April 9, 1918
Military Service
44031
26
Army
Canadian Army Service Corps
1st Div. Train
1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Additional Information
August 1, 1891
Saint John, New Brunswick
September 24, 1914
Valcartier, Quebec
Son of Mary and Alexander King, of St. John's, Newfoundland. Brother of Herbert, John and Arthur King. William Thomas Russell was an alias for William King.
Commemorated on Page 495 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. 9.
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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