Language selection


Search veterans.gc.ca

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

William Thomas Russell

In memory of:

Driver William Thomas Russell

April 9, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

44031

Age:

26

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Army Service Corps

Division:

1st Div. Train

Citation(s):

1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Additional Information


Born:

August 1, 1891
Saint John, New Brunswick

Enlistment:

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


Cemetery:

ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

VI. L. 9.

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

Do you have photographs or personal memorabilia relating to William Thomas Russell that you want included in our digital collection?

Send us your images

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: