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Military service
Service number:
177024
Age:
23
Rank:
Lance Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
April 29, 1893
Notre Dame de Grave, Montreal, Québec
Enlistment:
September 22, 1915
Montreal, Québec
Death:
April 9, 1917
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Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Fessenden, of Notre Dame de Grace, Montreal, Quebec.
Digital gallery of Lance Sergeant James Douglas Fessenden
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). 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
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of JAMES DOUGLAS FESSENDEN
In memory of the men who served with the 87th Battalion CEF. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Canadian Grenadier Guards
In memory of the men who served with the 87th Battalion CEF. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. From the Annie Boyes collection courtesy of the Simcoe County Archives. http://www.simcoe.ca/dpt/arc -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant James Douglas Fessenden
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant James Douglas Fessenden
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant James Douglas Fessenden
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant James Douglas Fessenden
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant James Douglas Fessenden
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant James Douglas Fessenden
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 236 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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