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Military service
Service number:
121398
Age:
20
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Engineers
Death:
June 16, 1940
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Sec. E. Grave 114.
Additional information
Son of Robert Murray Hamilton and Olive Norma Hamilton, of Simcoe, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Second Lieutenant James Douglas Hamilton
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Photo of JAMES DOUGLAS HAMILTON
In Memory of the men from Norfolk County who gave their lives in World War 11. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of James Douglas Hamilton
In Memory of the men from Norfolk County who gave their lives in World War 11. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Memorial Stained Glass
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2574 Second Lieutenant James Douglas Hamilton (RMC 1937) was the son of Robert Murray Hamilton and Olive Norma Hamilton, of Simcoe, Ontario. He served with the Royal Engineers. He died on June 16, 1940 at 20 years of age. He was buried in the Selby Cemetery in Yorkshire, United Kingdom Sec. E. Grave 114. -
Memorial Doll
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2574 Second Lieutenant James Douglas Hamilton (RMC 1937) was the son of Robert Murray Hamilton and Olive Norma Hamilton, of Simcoe, Ontario. He served with the Royal Engineers. He died on June 16, 1940 at 20 years of age. He was buried in the Selby Cemetery in Yorkshire, United Kingdom Sec. E. Grave 114. -
Memorial Plaque
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2574 Second Lieutenant James Douglas Hamilton (RMC 1937) was the son of Robert Murray Hamilton and Olive Norma Hamilton, of Simcoe, Ontario. He served with the Royal Engineers. He died on June 16, 1940 at 20 years of age. He was buried in the Selby Cemetery in Yorkshire, United Kingdom Sec. E. Grave 114. -
Memorial Stairway
Memorial stair, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario -
Memorial Stained Glass
Memorial window, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario -
Memorial Arch
Memorial arch, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario -
Post Card
Memorial Arch, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario -
Memorial
Memorial Arch, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario -
Memorial Stained Glass
Memorial window, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star June 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant James Douglas Hamilton
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant James Douglas Hamilton
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant James Douglas Hamilton
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant James Douglas Hamilton
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant James Douglas Hamilton
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant James Douglas Hamilton
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant James Douglas Hamilton
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant James Douglas Hamilton
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant James Douglas Hamilton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 13 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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SELBY CEMETERY Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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