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Military service
Service number:
27330
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
March 31, 1894
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
April 24, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. F. 8.
Additional information
Son of William and Mary Dewar, of Airdrie, Scotland.
Digital gallery of Private James Dewar
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Press Clipping
In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Remembered by the 48th Highlanders Museum 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England -
Badge
15th Bn cap badge. Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder patch
1st Division, 3rd Brigade shoulder patch worn by 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada). Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team.. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Memorial
One of two memorial plaques dedicated on 24 April 2010 to commemorate those members of the 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada) who fell during the Battle of 2nd Ypres 22-26 April 1915. This memorial plaque is located on Gravenstafel Ridge. Submitted by Captain (retired) V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Memorial
One of two memorial plaques dedicated on 24 April 2010 to commemorate those members of the 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada) who fell during the Battle of 2nd Ypres 22-26 April 1915. This memorial plaque is located in the town of St Julien. Submitted by Captain (retired) V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Entrance
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Cemetery
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Grave Marker
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Record of Service
Record of Service Card (front side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (reverse side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Deuel to Domoney. Microform Sequence 28; Volume Number 31829_B016737. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 172. Page 131 of 1084. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram December 1914. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private James Dewar
Digital gallery of
Private James Dewar
Digital gallery of
Private James Dewar
Digital gallery of
Private James Dewar
Digital gallery of
Private James Dewar
Digital gallery of
Private James Dewar
Digital gallery of
Private James Dewar
Digital gallery of
Private James Dewar
Digital gallery of
Private James Dewar
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 12 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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