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Military service
Service number:
201989
Age:
19
Rank:
Sapper
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Engineers
Division:
Training Depot
Birth:
April 6, 1897
Death:
October 26, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
P. 458.
Additional information
Son of John and Martha Summersides, of 1151, Davenport Rd., Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Sapper James Summerside
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Sons of England War Memorial
Designed by Charles Adamson in bronze and granite, the Sons of England war memorial is located on University Avenue at Elm Street in Toronto. The inscription on this 1923 Memorial reads: ¿ERECTED BY MEMBERS OF TORONTO DISTRICTS SONS OF ENGLAND BENEFIT SOCIETY IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR¿. -
Close up of Sons of England War Memorial
James Summerside's name is included on the SOE War Memorial. -
Newspaper Clipping
James Summerside was born on April 6th, 1897 at Gateshead, Northumberland, England. He completed his Attestation on August 20th, 1915 and indicated that he was a bricklayer. -
Newspaper Clipping 2
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Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of James Summerside
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Grave Marker
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sapper James Summerside
Digital gallery of
Sapper James Summerside
Digital gallery of
Sapper James Summerside
Digital gallery of
Sapper James Summerside
Digital gallery of
Sapper James Summerside
Digital gallery of
Sapper James Summerside
Digital gallery of
Sapper James Summerside
Digital gallery of
Sapper James Summerside
Digital gallery of
Sapper James Summerside
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 170 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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