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Private Elmer Henry Belford
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Private Elmer Henry Belford Veteran

Birth
Carroll, Wayne County, Nebraska, USA
Death
29 Aug 1918 (aged 19)
Vis-en-Artois, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Monument
Vimy, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Add to Map
Plot
Final resting place unknown. Name listed on the Vimy Memorial.
Memorial ID
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Service Number: 1090349
Division: 20th Battalion

Son of Mary E. Belford of 3rd Avenue North-East, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada, and the late George Belford who came from Carroll, Wayne Co., Nebraska.
Private Elmer Henry Belford is commemorated on Page 366 of Canada's First World War Book of Remembrance.

His brother, Air Mechanic First Class Howard Eugene BELFORD, also served; he died on 16 July 1918 and was laid to rest in the Prospect Cemetery, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Elmer Henry Belford of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan was KIA at Vis-en-Artois, France. Elmer was working as a drug clerk when he enlisted at Moose Jaw a couple of days after his 18th birthday early in 1917.
Source: Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial
Service Number: 1090349
Division: 20th Battalion

Son of Mary E. Belford of 3rd Avenue North-East, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada, and the late George Belford who came from Carroll, Wayne Co., Nebraska.
Private Elmer Henry Belford is commemorated on Page 366 of Canada's First World War Book of Remembrance.

His brother, Air Mechanic First Class Howard Eugene BELFORD, also served; he died on 16 July 1918 and was laid to rest in the Prospect Cemetery, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Elmer Henry Belford of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan was KIA at Vis-en-Artois, France. Elmer was working as a drug clerk when he enlisted at Moose Jaw a couple of days after his 18th birthday early in 1917.
Source: Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial

Inscription

PRIVATE
E. H. BELFORD

Gravesite Details

Private, Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment). Age: 19.



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  • Maintained by: Anonymous
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 8, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56674386/elmer_henry-belford: accessed ), memorial page for Private Elmer Henry Belford (11 Feb 1899–29 Aug 1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56674386, citing Canadian National Vimy Memorial, Vimy, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; Maintained by Anonymous (contributor 50653494).