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Military service
Age:
28
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
87th Bn.
Birth:
January 19, 1888
Quebec City, Québec
Enlistment:
September 20, 1915
St. Joseph de Lévis, Québec
Death:
November 18, 1916
The Somme, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. I. 1.
Additional information
Son of the Right Reverend Lennox Williams, D.D., Bishop of Quebec and Caroline Annie (nee Rhodes) of Bishopthorpe, Quebec. Husband of Evelyn Fisher (formerly Williams), of Sackville, New Brunswick. Lt. Williams held a Bachelor of Arts from Oxford University.
Additional citations
1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Lieutenant James William Williams
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Grave marker
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Photo of James William Williams
James William Williams (Quebec City 1888 - The Somme 1916) -
Document
original marker -
Photo of JAMES WILLIAM WILLIAMS
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James William Williams
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James William Williams
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James William Williams
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James William Williams
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James William Williams
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James William Williams
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 183 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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