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Military service
Service number:
883754
Age:
34
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
31st Bn.
Birth:
October 3, 1882
Death:
August 21, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. D. 30.
Additional information
Son of Joseph and Ann J. Wilson, of Ballykeel, Co. Down, Ireland.
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Grave marker
James's grave at Barlin Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France. Died of Wounds at CCS 6 Barlin on 21st August 1917. -
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Birth Place
James Wilson Birth Place Stubby Hill, Bailies Mill, Lisburn, Ireland -
Family Marker
Family Grave Plot, Cargacreevy Presbyterian Church, Old Ballynahinch Road, Lisburn. Also buried here is James brother John who served with the 8th Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force. John was injured then on discharge did not return to Canada but went back to the family home until his death in 1955. James mother was his next of kin as shown in his military records and is buried here as well. -
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Private James Wilson
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Private James Wilson
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Private James Wilson
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Private James Wilson
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Private James Wilson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 351 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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