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Military service
Service number:
835505
Age:
18
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
4th Canadian Mounted Rifles (2nd Central Ontario Regt.)
Birth:
July 19, 1898
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Private James Stoddart
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Photo of James Stoddart
Jimmie Stoddart, came to Canada from Scotland at the age of ten and worked on James Leslie Keller's farm at Croyden, Ontario until enlisting in 1915. He died at Vimy Ridge. Also in possession, a photograph of a woman taken in Glasgow, with caption "With love from Auntie Crawford". -
Photo 2 of James Stoddart
James Stoddart with his sister in England in 1917, a few months before his death at Vimy Ridge. Other postcards in collection include parents with James as small boy with his sisters and postcards from his sisters. -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. 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) -
Honour roll
British Home Children World War 1 Honour Roll
Digital gallery of
Private James Stoddart
Digital gallery of
Private James Stoddart
Digital gallery of
Private James Stoddart
Digital gallery of
Private James Stoddart
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