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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
129326
Age:
31
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
72nd Bn.
Birth:
February 4, 1886
Bradford, England
Enlistment:
September 12, 1915
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
February 25, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VII. C. 20.
Additional information
Son of George B. and Emma Edmondson, of Yorkshire, England; husband of Edith Ellen Edmondson, of Nelson, British Columbia.
Additional citations
Distinguished Conduct Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Sergeant James Henry Edmondson
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Cimetière
Entrance - Villers Station Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cimetière
Villers Station Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Pierre Tombale
Grave marker - Villers Station Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Coupure de presse
From a World War 1 issue of the Vancouver Daily News Advertiser c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Henry Edmondson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Henry Edmondson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Henry Edmondson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Henry Edmondson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 233 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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