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Lieutenant James Edward Tait

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Citation(s);

Military Cross (MC)
Victoria Cross (VC) Canada

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 Manitoba
Death: August 11, 1918

Burial/memorial information

FOUQUESCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
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.

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First World War (1914 – 1918)

In the Books of Remembrance

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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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