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Military service
Service number:
645431
Age:
30
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
7th Bn.
Birth:
November 18, 1886
Douglas, Isle of Man
Enlistment:
January 6, 1916
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
August 15, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of William James and Emily Brew Phillips, of Douglas, Isle of Man, England.
Digital gallery of Private James William Phillips
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
This hall was built by local citizens including some First World War veterans and was dedicated in a ceremony on 11 November 1922. Mrs. Sybil Taylor, the mother of one of the dead, unveiled the plaque located inside the hall in November 1971. -
War Memorial
This hall was built by local citizens including some First World War veterans and was dedicated in a ceremony on 11 November 1922. Mrs. Sybil Taylor, the mother of one of the dead, unveiled the plaque located inside the hall in November 1971.
Digital gallery of
Private James William Phillips
Digital gallery of
Private James William Phillips
Digital gallery of
Private James William Phillips
Digital gallery of
Private James William Phillips
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 309 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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