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William James Stewart

In memory of:

Private William James Stewart

August 30, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

144079

Age:

30

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)

Division:

1st Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

August 4, 1888
Inverness, Scotland

Enlistment:

July 19, 1915
Ottawa, Ontario

Born at Inverness, Scotland. Son of Alexander and Lillian Stewart; husband of Jane Robertson Gordon (formerly Stewart), of Riverside Drive, Westmount, Weston, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 507 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

UPTON WOOD CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

B. 28.

Location:

Hendecourt-les-Cagnicourt is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais about 16 kilometres south-east of Arras and about 4 kilometres south of the Arras to Cambrai main road. Upton Wood is a small wood half-way between Hendecourt and Haucourt and UPTON WOOD CEMETERY is 110 metres south of the wood and about 2 kilometres north of the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Family picture– Private William J. Stewart, with wife Jane Robertson Stewart, and children Margaret and John.
  • Newspaper Clipping
  • Newspaper Clipping 2
  • Photo of Wlliam James Stewart

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