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Son of Augustus and Sarah James, of Waterdown, Ontario.
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Private Richard Augustus James
Attestation Paper - Battalion No. 784561
Richard Augustus James, Born September 12, 1894
Trade or Calling: Blacksmith
Signed the 27th day of January 1916
Waterdown, Ontario
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Private Richard Augustus James
784561 Private R. A. James, 3rd BN. CANADIAN INF.
9th April 1917 AGE 23
The Trial is hard. I will not complain. But trust in God to meet again.
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Private Richard Augustus James
Bois Carre British Cemetery 1917 - 1919
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Private Richard Augustus James
View of the Waterdown Memorial Hall (1922) and the War Memorial Plaques. The street address is 317 Dundas Street, Waterdown, ON.
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Private Richard Augustus James
Details of names on the Waterdown Ontario WWI Memorial Plaque. The central column represents the war dead and the other names are from the Roll of Service.
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Private Richard Augustus James
picture includes a photo of Richard and his death penny
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Private Richard Augustus James
The grave marker at the Bois Carre British Cemetery located on Vimy Ridge at the eastern edge of the town of Thelus, France. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013)
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Private Richard Augustus James
The Bois Carre British Cemetery located on Vimy Ridge at the eastern edge of the town of Thelus, France. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial.(John & Anne Stephens 2013)
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Attestation Paper - Battalion No. 784561 Richard Augustus James, Born September 12, 1894 Trade or Calling: Blacksmith Signed the 27th day of January 1916 Waterdown, Ontario
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784561 Private R. A. James, 3rd BN. CANADIAN INF. 9th April 1917 AGE 23 The Trial is hard. I will not complain. But trust in God to meet again.
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Bois Carre British Cemetery 1917 - 1919
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View of the Waterdown Memorial Hall (1922) and the War Memorial Plaques. The street address is 317 Dundas Street, Waterdown, ON.
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Details of names on the Waterdown Ontario WWI Memorial Plaque. The central column represents the war dead and the other names are from the Roll of Service.
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picture includes a photo of Richard and his death penny
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The grave marker at the Bois Carre British Cemetery located on Vimy Ridge at the eastern edge of the town of Thelus, France. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013)
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The Bois Carre British Cemetery located on Vimy Ridge at the eastern edge of the town of Thelus, France. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial.(John & Anne Stephens 2013)
BOIS-CARRE BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Thelus is a village 7 kilometres north of Arras and BOIS-CARRE BRITISH CEMETERY is about half a mile east of the village on the south side of the D49 road to Bailleul-sire-Berthoult.
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