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Military service
Age:
22
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
King's Own Scottish Borderers
Division:
2nd Battalion
Birth:
Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland
Enlistment:
United Kingdom
Death:
August 21, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. H. 16.
Additional information
Son of William A. Garvie of Toronto, Ontario.
Additional citations
Military Cross
Digital gallery of Lieutenant James Alexander Garvie
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Roll of Service
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921. -
Newspaper Clipping
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Photo of James Garvie
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto 1916. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me. -
Photo of James Garvie
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement Fourth Edition 1918 published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me. -
Photo of James Alexander Garvie
In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me -
Crest
In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial Plaque
In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial Room
Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike, 2010; submitted by K. Parks, Alumni Affairs. -
The Soldiers' Tower
The Soldiers' Tower was built at University of Toronto between 1919-1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. The name of Lt. J. A. Garvie, M.C., K.O.S.B. is among the 628 names carved on the Memorial Screen, which can be seen at photo left. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Alexander Garvie
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Alexander Garvie
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Alexander Garvie
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Alexander Garvie
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Alexander Garvie
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Alexander Garvie
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Alexander Garvie
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Alexander Garvie
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Alexander Garvie
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 587 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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GOMMECOURT BRITISH CEMETERY No. 2, HEBUTERNE Pas de Calais, France
Gommecourt is a village 19 kilometres south-west of Arras. The Cemetery lies just off the road between Gommecourt and Puisieux (D6). A CWGC signpost indicating the directions to the site is situated at the junction 2 kilometres along this road. Access can also be made from the village of Hebuterne where a CWGC signpost indicates the way from the main square.
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