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John Hilton Lawrence

In memory of:

Corporal John Hilton Lawrence

September 17, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

228307

Age:

26

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force

Division:

116th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

October 24, 1890

Son of Samuel Mark Lawrence and Annie Lawrence, of Croydon, Surrey, England.

Commemorated on Page 272 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. K. 14.

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.

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  • Photo of John Hilton Lawrence– Portrait of J. H. Lawrence from the Eaton's Department Store in Toronto. Courtesy of Archives Ontario.

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    Photo of John Hilton Lawrence – Portrait of J. H. Lawrence from the Eaton's Department Store in Toronto. Courtesy of Archives Ontario.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram October 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram October 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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  • Eaton Company's World War I memorial plaque– Corporal John Hilton Lawrence's name is included on the T. Eaton Company's World War One memorial plaque. This bronze memorial was designed as a tribute to the men of the Eaton company who died as a result of service in World War One. 3,327 Eaton's staff enlisted in the war. It was unveiled in Toronto on November 15th, 1923 by Mrs. Timothy Eaton and on November 26th an identical memorial was unveiled in the Winnipeg store. The shield of the female figure bears the coats of arms of the provinces of Canada.

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    Eaton Company's World War I memorial plaque
    Eaton Company's World War I memorial plaque – Corporal John Hilton Lawrence's name is included on the T. Eaton Company's World War One memorial plaque. This bronze memorial was designed as a tribute to the men of the Eaton company who died as a result of service in World War One. 3,327 Eaton's staff enlisted in the war. It was unveiled in Toronto on November 15th, 1923 by Mrs. Timothy Eaton and on November 26th an identical memorial was unveiled in the Winnipeg store. The shield of the female figure bears the coats of arms of the provinces of Canada.

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