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Sapper GEORGE ELY

Service Number: 461238
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

497th Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 04 July 1917

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CANADA FARM CEMETERY

I. A. 10.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Agnes A. Ely, of 6, Pemberton St., Dansom Lane, Hull, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

CANADA FARM CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 907
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