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Military service
Service number:
129428
Age:
40
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
72nd Bn.
Birth:
April 4, 1878
Death:
October 30, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XII. A. 27.
Additional information
Son of William and Mary Dryden; husband of Jessie R. Dryden, of 3554, 16th Avenue West, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Private James Mitchell Dryden
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Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Don to Drzewiecki. Microform Sequence 29; Volume Number 31829_B016738. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 173. Page 1047 of 1076. -
Grave Marker
Grave marker … Passchendaele New British Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery Entrance
Entrance … Passchendaele New British Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Cemetery … Passchendaele New British Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Province June 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Province June 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Province December 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private James Mitchell Dryden
Digital gallery of
Private James Mitchell Dryden
Digital gallery of
Private James Mitchell Dryden
Digital gallery of
Private James Mitchell Dryden
Digital gallery of
Private James Mitchell Dryden
Digital gallery of
Private James Mitchell Dryden
Digital gallery of
Private James Mitchell Dryden
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 231 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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