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Military service
Service number:
158519
Age:
45
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
4th Canadian Mounted Rifles (2nd Central Ontario Regt.)
Death:
September 15, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IX. A. 18.
Additional information
Son of Mrs. Ford, of Bolton, England; husband of Betsy Haynes, (formerly Hicks), of 48, Lloyd St., St. Catharines, Ontario.
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Newspaper Clipping
The 19th Regiment refers to the Lincoln & Welland Regiment. The Toronto Battalion that Hicks was later attached to was the 81st Battalion. This was a unit that was later split up for reinforcements. -
Memorial
The Cenotaph at Memorial Park in St. Catharines, Ontario, was dedicated on August 7th, 1927 by the Prince of Wales (future King Edward VIII), and unveiled by Brigadier General W. B. M. King, C.M.G., D.S.O. The names of St. Catharines men who died as a result of their service during World War I are listed on two bronze tablets located at City Hall.
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Private James Hicks
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Private James Hicks
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Commemorated on:
Page 102 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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