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Military service
Service number:
139067
Age:
33
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Division:
60th Bn.
Birth:
May 5, 1883
Death:
August 12, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. I. 10.
Additional information
Son of Peter and Janet Douglas, of Edinburgh, Scotland; husband of Margaret Adamson Douglas, of 5, Harris Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private James Douglas
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Photo of James Douglas
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Newspaper Clipping
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Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Railway Dugouts Burial Ground Cemetery located approximately 3 kilometres to the south of Ieper, Belgium. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens 2010) -
Railway Dugouts Burial Ground
The Railway Dugouts Burial Ground Cemetery, located approximately 3 kilometres to the south of Ieper, Belgium. May they rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of JAMES DOUGLAS
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Grave Marker
Grave marker ... Railway Dugouts Burial Ground … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Stone of Remembrance ... Railway Dugouts Burial Ground … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Cemetery ... Railway Dugouts Burial Ground … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Don to Drzewiecki. Microform Sequence 29; Volume Number 31829_B016738. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 173. Page 483 of 1076. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private James Douglas
Digital gallery of
Private James Douglas
Digital gallery of
Private James Douglas
Digital gallery of
Private James Douglas
Digital gallery of
Private James Douglas
Digital gallery of
Private James Douglas
Digital gallery of
Private James Douglas
Digital gallery of
Private James Douglas
Digital gallery of
Private James Douglas
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 79 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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