The Royal Canadian Regiment and
The First World War - 1914-1919

Ecoivres Military Cemetery

Mont St Eloi is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 8 kilometres north-west of Arras. Ecoivres is a hamlet lying at the foot of the hill, to the south-west and about 1.5 kilometres from Mont St Eloi. The cemetery is on the D49 road.

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Royal Canadians buried at the Ecoivres Military Cemetery are listed below.

Regt. No.	Rank.	Given Names.	Surname.	Date of Death.	Remarks.	CVWM/CWGC Link; Grave Ref.
477035	Cpl	William	BANKS	26-Jun-17		CVWM V. K. 3.
	Lieut.	Guy Armstrong	BECK	09-Apr-17		CVWM V. K. 7.
478808	Pte	Thomas William	BLUNDEN	09-Dec-16		CVWM III. J. 18.
	Lieut.	Lawrence Francis Gartner	BOLE	09-Apr-17	MC	CVWM V. K. 6.
	Lieut.	Alfred Snow	CHURCHILL	09-Apr-17		CVWM V. K. 8.
261570	Pte	Robert James	COONEY	10-Dec-16		CVWM III. J. 20.
478906	Pte	Harry	FLETCHER	02-Jan-17		CVWM IV. A. 22.
818151	Pte	George Namen	HARRISON	04-Apr-17		CVWM V. B. 24.
261720	Pte	William	HOLROYD	31-Jan-17		CVWM IV. C. 8.
1033272	Pte	John Oral	HOPKINS	09-Apr-17		CVWM VI. C. 23.
261162	Pte	Alexander Ferguson	HUNTER	10-Feb-17		CVWM IV. D. 1.
478925	Pte	John Frederick Willings	JOHNSON	02-Feb-17		CVWM IV. C. 9.
261539	L-Cpl	William Henry	JONES	29-Jan-17		CVWM IV. C. 1.
441229	Pte	William Harrison	KINSELL	02-Jan-17		CVWM IV. A. 23.
460098	Pte	George	KISSACK	20-Jan-17		CVWM IV. B. 14.
441835	Pte	Gust	LAHTI	06-Apr-17		CVWM V. E. 10.
478803	Pte	Spencer Sutherland	MacKAY	02-Jan-17		CVWM IV. A. 24.
460578	Pte	Alex	McFEAT	22-Dec-16	MM	CVWM IV. A. 8.
477642	Sgt	Arthur	McHUGH	26-Dec-16		CVWM IV. A. 11.
477608	Pte	Horace Victor Willie	MOSES	03-May-17		CVWM VI. H. 3
715639	Pte	Harry Warren	MUNRO	20-May-17		CVWM V. J. 14.
814266	Pte	Frederick James	OSBORN	01-Apr-17		CVWM V. A. 17.
	Lieut.	Lester George	ROOKS	09-Apr-17		CVWM VI. G. 26.
207240	Pte	Wallace Manner	SHIER	23-Dec-16		CVWM IV. A. 9.
	Lieut.	John Clifton	SUTHERLAND	05-Apr-18		CVWM V. K. 24.
817824	Pte	Gardiner	TERRIS	28-Mar-17		CVWM IV. H. 25.
	Lieut.	Cyprian Alfred	THOMPSON	08-Apr-17		CVWM V. E. 9.
455472	Pte	Joseph	TOBIN	01-Nov-16		CVWM III. H. 16.
477991	Pte	Walter James	WHITE	23-Jan-17		CVWM IV. B. 20.

Photos by Jean-Michel Dominique, who is a member of the Great War Forum.

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Photos by a friend of Rémy Deruelle, who is a member of the Great War Forum.

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Photos by Paul Henderson, a member of the Great War Forum

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