Citation(s);
Military service
Age:
30
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
78th Battalion
Birth:
May 27, 1888
Dumfries, Scotland
Enlistment:
February 4, 1916
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
August 11, 1918
Amiens, Département de la Somme, Picardie, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Special Memorial
Additional information
Son of James Bryden Tait and Mary Johnstone Tait, of Maxwelltown, Scotland; husband of Jessie Spiers Aitken Tait, of 2440 El Camino Real, West Arcadia, California, United States.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant James Edward Tait
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Photo 2 of James Tait
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Service Records (front)
Casualty Form - Active Service -
Service Records
Casualty Form - Active Service -
Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Attestation Paper (front)
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Biographical Information
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Biographical Information
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War Diary
Extract from 78th Battalion War Diary for August 1918 (page 1) -
War Diary
Extract from 78th Battalion War Diary for August 1918 (page 2) -
War Diary
Extract from 78th Battalion War Diary for August 1918 (page 3) -
Photograph
Lt. J.E. Tait, V.C., M.C. -
Award Citation
Personal Information Sheet -
Medical Records (front)
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Medical Records (back)
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Grave Marker
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Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Honour roll
Memorial plaque in front of the United Kingdom High Commission in Ottawa to commemorate Canadians who have been awarded the Victoria Cross.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Edward Tait
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Edward Tait
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Edward Tait
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Edward Tait
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Edward Tait
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Edward Tait
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Edward Tait
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Edward Tait
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Edward Tait
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 510 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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FOUQUESCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY Somme, France
Fouquescourt is a village in the Department of the Somme, 35.5 kilometres east of Amiens and 8 kilometres due north of Roye. The Fouquescourt British Cemetery is a little north of the village on the east side of the road to Maucourt.
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