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Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Ells, Glenn Stephens
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Description area
Dates of existence
1897-1916
History
Glenn Stephens Ells was born 11 May 1897 in Sheffield Mills, Nova Scotia. Growing up, he worked on the family farm and attended the regular course offered at Nova Scotia Agricultural College. In 1915, after his first year of study, Ells joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force, later transferring to the 5th Canadian Machine Gun Company and serving in France. He was killed in action in Courcelette on 28 September 1916. His name is inscribed on the Canadian National Vimy Memorial, which overlooks the Douai Plain from the highest point of Vimy Ridge.