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Military service
Age:
39
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
43rd Bn.
Death:
October 8, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Izeth Duff, of Claybank, Ontario; husband of Edna Lanore Haney Duff, of 21, Trevere Apartments, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant James Robertson Duff
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Roll of Service
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921. -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Renfrew Mercury for 3 November 1916. -
Photo of James Duff
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto 1918. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me. -
The Soldiers' Tower
The Soldiers' Tower was built at University of Toronto between 1919-1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. The name of J. R. Duff is among the 628 names carved on the Memorial Screen which can be seen at photo left. Photo: K. Parks -
Memorial
Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo: David Pike, 2010. -
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 143 of 1062. He was buried 700 yards North West of Courcelette just off West Miramount Road Somme. Subsequently, the grave could not be found. Hence his sacrifice is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial. -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
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Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Robertson Duff
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Robertson Duff
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Robertson Duff
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Robertson Duff
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Robertson Duff
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Robertson Duff
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Robertson Duff
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Robertson Duff
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Robertson Duff
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 80 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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