Canadian Virtual War Memorial
James Aird
In memory of:
Able Seaman James Aird
October 30, 1918
Military Service
VR/5334
31
Navy
Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve
HMCS Galiano
Additional Information
Son of Kenneth and Agnes Aird, of Howford-by-Inverarie, Scotland.
Commemorated on Page 357 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
VETERANS' CEMETERY (ESQUIMALT)
British Columbia, Canada
617.
The Veterans' Cemetery National Historic Site is located adjacent to the Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt in the municipality of Esquimalt, British Columbia. On July 14, 1868 the cemetery was consecrated as a one acre Royal Navy plot. Today the site covers 2.2 acres with most of the land surrounding the cemetery owned by the Gorge Vale Golf Course. Presently the cemetery holds over 1700 graves of Canadian and Commonwealth naval and military personnel and their families. The Esquimalt Veterans' Cemetery is significant for its long history of providing a resting place for military dead.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Photo of JAMES AIRD – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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H.M.C.S Galiano – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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