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William John Searle

In memory of:

Private William John Searle

April 6, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

228382

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

58th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

December 15, 1895

Commemorated on Page 323 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:

V. B. 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.

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

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

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– William John Searle enlisted in Toronto's 201st Battalion C.E.F. on May 3rd, 1916. Searle was born in London England, and was living at 20 Wallace Avenue in Toronto at the time of his enlistment in the C.E.F. This article reports that he had been employed by the Fairbanks Morse Company prior to his enlistment. In honoured memory.

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    Newspaper Clipping
    Newspaper Clipping – William John Searle enlisted in Toronto's 201st Battalion C.E.F. on May 3rd, 1916. Searle was born in London England, and was living at 20 Wallace Avenue in Toronto at the time of his enlistment in the C.E.F. This article reports that he had been employed by the Fairbanks Morse Company prior to his enlistment. In honoured memory.

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