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Ernest James Scott

In memory of:

Lieutenant Ernest James Scott

May 3, 1917

Military Service

Age:

25

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

3rd Bn.

Additional Information

Son of George and the late Jane Fyfe Henderson Scott, of 87, Beaconsfield Rd., Toronto.

Commemorated on Page 322 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. 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.

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

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

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    Photo of ERNEST JAMES SCOTT – Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram May 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram May 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram January 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram January 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram July 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram July 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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  • Newspaper Clipping– Lt. Ernest James Scott originally enlisted on September 22nd, 1914 at Camp Valcartier, Quebec. He was a part of the historic first Canadian Contingent.

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    Newspaper Clipping – Lt. Ernest James Scott originally enlisted on September 22nd, 1914 at Camp Valcartier, Quebec. He was a part of the historic first Canadian Contingent.
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  • Photo of ERNEST JAMES SCOTT– Courtesy Wilf Schofield, England

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    Photo of ERNEST JAMES SCOTT – Courtesy Wilf Schofield, England
  • Death Penny– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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  • Memorabilia– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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