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Military service
Service number:
409128
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
13th Bn.
Death:
June 13, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 24 - 26 - 28 - 30
Digital gallery of Private James Alexander Gibson
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Photo of James Gibson
The picture shows James Gibson and his brother George, who served with the Montreal Highlanders. It is believed that James was killed by a sniper and George a week later by a mine. One of them is 3rd from the left, top row, the other 4th from the left front row, but it is not known which. -
Photo of James Gibson
James Gibson - Killed in action June 13, 1916 just 10 days after his brother, George -
Monument
A shaft with statue (granite and bronze) at 32 Wilmot Street South, Drumbo, ON. Erected by the Village of Drumbo, this memorial was unveiled in 1920 and dedicated in loving memory of local fallen heroes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [front/devant] ARTHUR G. COWAN FERGUSON COOK A. JAMES GIBSON ROBERT A. GIVEN J. CHRYSLER KILGOUR FRANCIS A. LAW FREDERICK LODGE ROBERT M. McTAGUE WILLIAM R. WILSON IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR FALLEN HEROES 1914 - 1918 [side/côté] IN LOVING MEORY OF ALFRED E. CLAYTON J. McBETH MURRAY BENTLEY ROBSON CHARLES H. WALLACE 1939 - 1945 "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN." Photo Credit: Allison Nelson; Derek Pullen http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=592 -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women of London, Ontario (and area) who went to war and did not come home. Remembered on the pages of the World War One issues of the London Advertiser. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private James Alexander Gibson
Digital gallery of
Private James Alexander Gibson
Digital gallery of
Private James Alexander Gibson
Digital gallery of
Private James Alexander Gibson
Digital gallery of
Private James Alexander Gibson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 91 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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