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Military service
Service number:
438651
Age:
26
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
52nd Bn.
Birth:
February 21, 1890
Ayrshire, Scotland
Enlistment:
April 27, 1915
Port Arthur, Ontario
Death:
May 27, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 24 - 26 - 28 - 30
Additional information
Son of Daniel and Annie Dunlop, of Frank, Alberta. Brother of Pte John Burt Dunlop, 49th Battalion, killed in action 2 June 1916 and Pte Daniel Dunlop, 8th Battalion, killed in action 10 November 1917.
Digital gallery of Private James Dunlop
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Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
All 3 sons were killed in action in WW1. James died at St Eloi May 27 1916. His younger brother John was killed less than a week later June 2 1916 in Sanctuary Woods, he was a dispatch rider age 16. Their elder brother Daniel was killed at Passchendaele Nov 10 1917. Daniel was the only brother to marry, he had a son Daniel who served in WW11. There are no graves for these 3 brothers, but their Father arranged for a War Memorial to be placed on the families front yard in Frank Alberta. The Memorial now sits along Highway 3 in Frank. -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Duane to Dzhobiewski. Microform Sequence 30; Volume Number 31829_B016739. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 174. Page 557 of 1062. Brother of Pte John Burt Dunlop, 49th Battalion, killed in action 2 June 1916 and Pte Daniel Dunlop, 8th Battalion, killed in action 10 November 1917. -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private James Dunlop
Digital gallery of
Private James Dunlop
Digital gallery of
Private James Dunlop
Digital gallery of
Private James Dunlop
Digital gallery of
Private James Dunlop
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 81 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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