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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
192222
Age:
36
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
42nd Bn.
Birth:
June 12, 1880
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
August 16, 1915
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
5.B. 15.
Additional information
Son of Frederick and Eliza Gates, of Toronto, Ontario.
Additional citations
Military Medal, Fourth Supplement to the London Gazette No. 30095 dated 26 May 1917. British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal James Frederick Gates
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Newspaper Clipping
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Badge
Cap badge 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). LCpl Gates M.M. originally enlisted in this unit but was sent to the 42nd Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret’d) V. Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap badge 42nd Bn (Royal Highlanders of Canada). LCpl Gates M.M. originally enlisted in the 92nd Bn but was sent to the 42nd Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret’d) V. Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Canadian Cemetery No. 2 is located by the grounds of Canada's Vimy Memorial. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres north of Arras, France. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Canadian Cemetery No. 2
Canadian Cemetery No. 2 - The Canadian Cemetery No. 2 is located on Vimy Ridge and is attached to the grounds of Canada's Vimy Memorial. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres north of Arras, France.(John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Inscription
Epitaph (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of JAMES FREDERICK GATES
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram December 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal James Frederick Gates
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal James Frederick Gates
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal James Frederick Gates
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal James Frederick Gates
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal James Frederick Gates
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal James Frederick Gates
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal James Frederick Gates
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal James Frederick Gates
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal James Frederick Gates
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 242 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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CANADIAN CEMETERY No. 2 Pas de Calais, France
The CANADIAN CEMETERY No. 2 is about 2.5 kilometres north of the village of Neuville-St. Vaast. The village is about 6 kilometres north of Arras and 1 kilometre east of the main road from Arras to Bethune. The cemetery is on a spur road turning left from the road to Givenchy-en-Gohelle, about 1 kilometre south of the Canadian Memorial at Vimy.
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