Lieutenant James Pomeroy Cavers Litany Desk

A litany desk at St. Albans Cathedral was dedicated to the memory of Lieutenant James Pomeroy Cavers by his mother, Estelle Dyas (formerly Cavers). James was born on 29 December 1891, son of W. A. and Estelle Cavers in Galt, Ontario. He was a student at Upper Canada College when he enlisted in the Eaton Machine Gun Battery on 28 January 1915. After a gunshot wound to the leg on 31 July 1916 at the Somme, he was discharged on 25 November 1916. He transferred to the Royal Flying Corps Canada on 4 July 1917 and served as a lieutenant in Greece near Salonika with the 150th Squadron. During a reconnaissance mission on 3 September 1918 his plane was hit by gunshot and fell into Lake Dorjan. James was shot and killed while attempting to swim to shore.