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Son of James and Alexandra Ross Harris. Native of Glasgow, Scotland.
Digital gallery of Private James Alexander Harris
Digital gallery of
Private James Alexander Harris
"The Canal du Nord memorial, erected by the 15th Battalion Memorial Project and the town of Marquion, was unveiled and dedicated on 24 September 2012. The memorial commemorates the actions of the 15th Battalion CEF, during the Canadian assault on the Canal du Nord on 27 September 1918 and the memory of those members of the Battalion who fell during the engagement. The memorial sits alongside the existing Canal du Nord, inside the town of Marquion, which the Battalion captured during the battle."
Photo submitted by the 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team.
Dileas Gu Brath
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Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Record of Service Card (front side). Submitted by 15th bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Record of Service Card (reverse side). Submitted by 15th bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
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"The Canal du Nord memorial, erected by the 15th Battalion Memorial Project and the town of Marquion, was unveiled and dedicated on 24 September 2012. The memorial commemorates the actions of the 15th Battalion CEF, during the Canadian assault on the Canal du Nord on 27 September 1918 and the memory of those members of the Battalion who fell during the engagement. The memorial sits alongside the existing Canal du Nord, inside the town of Marquion, which the Battalion captured during the battle." Photo submitted by the 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team. Dileas Gu Brath
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Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. Dileas Gu Brath
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 424 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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CHAPEL CORNER CEMETERY, SAUCHY-LESTREE Pas de Calais, France
Sauchy-Lestree is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais and a little north of the road from Arras to Cambrai. CHAPEL CORNER CEMETERY, SAUCHY-LESTREE is about 0.75 kilometres south-east of the village, at a fork of the road to Epinoy.
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