Canadian Virtual War Memorial
James Vinicombe
In memory of:
Chief Petty Officer James Vinicombe
October 30, 1918
Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia
Military Service
VR/5725
52
Navy
Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve
H.M.C.S. GALIANO
British War Medal, Victory Medal
Additional Information
December 27, 1865
Walworth, London, England
December 10, 1917
Esquimalt, British Columbia
Son of James and Elizabeth Adelaide Vinicombe, of Bermondsey, London, England. Husband of Mary Ellen Vinicombe, of Victoria, British Columbia.
Commemorated on Page 517 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
VICTORIA MEMORIAL
British Columbia, Canada
N/A
On Vancouver Island in Ross Bay Cemetery, British Columbia, is the VICTORIA MEMORIAL. The cemetery holds 133 war graves and contains, in a separate plot, the Naval Memorial which consists simply of a square block of granite bearing the names of 39 officers and men who were lost or buried at sea in the Pacific Ocean. Of these, 36 were from the HMCS Galiano which went down on October 30, 1918. Behind the VICTORIA MEMORIAL stands a Cross of Sacrifice.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Details
Photo of JAMES VINICOMBE – Photograph of CPO James Vinicombe, RNCVR. (Submitted by Navy League Cadet Corps CHAMBLY, Barrie, Ontario.) -
Details
Photo of James Vinicombe – Chief Petty Officer James Vinicombe onboard the H.M.C.S. Galiano. (Photograph courtesy of CFB Esquimalt Naval and Military Museum).
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