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Military service
Age:
33
Rank:
Major
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
75th Bn.
Birth:
Richmond Hill, Ontario
Death:
March 1, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VII. D. 2.
Additional information
Son of Jas. Langstaff, M.D., and Louisa F. Langstaff, of Toronto. Born at Richmond Hill, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Major James Miles Langstaff
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Coupure de presse
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Monument commémoratif de Osgoode Hall
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Tableau d’honneur
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921. -
Coupure de presse
Poem by Major Miles Langstaff published in the Toronto Star for 18 May 1917. -
Canadian Poems of the Great War. Edited by John W. Garvin. McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, 1918. -
Plaque
1914-1918 Memorial tablet, Bloor Street Presbyterian Church, 300 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Ontario. This congregation was established in 1887, and in 1925 became the Bloor Street United Church. The tablet was unveiled on May 16th, 1920. It was inscribed: "In memory of the men of Bloor Street Presbyterian Church who went out to battle and died for Freedom's cause. They feared not Death and meeting it they won the Victor's Crown." -
Photo de James Langstaff
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto 1916. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me. -
Photo de James Langstaff
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement Fourth Edition 1918 published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me. -
Photo de James Miles Langstaff
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo de James Miles Langstaff
In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me -
Insigne
In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me -
Plaque commémorative
In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me -
Monument commémoratif
In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me -
Pierre Tombale
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Mémorial
Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike, 2010; courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
The Soldiers' Tower was built at University of Toronto between 1919-1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. Funds were raised by the Alumni Federation (now called the University of Toronto Alumni Association). The name of "Maj J. M. LANGSTAFF 75th Bn" is among the 628 names carved on the Memorial Screen, seen at photo left. Photo: K. Parks, Alumni Relations. -
Inscription
Inscription in Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower. The carillon was installed and dedicated in 1927. Originally there were 23 bells. Alumni and friends donated funds in memory of those who fell in the Great War. Dedications to specific bells are carved high on the walls of the Memorial Room. Several dedications pertain to University College. Shown here is the dedication for bell XXIII: "University College Alumni Association." -
Inscription
Inscription in Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower. The carillon was installed and dedicated in 1927. Originally there were 23 bells. Alumni and friends donated funds in memory of those who fell in the Great War. Dedications to specific bells are carved high on the walls of the Memorial Room. Several dedications pertain to University College. Shown here is the dedication for bell XI: "University College Alumnae Association." -
Cimetière
Entrance - Villers Station Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cimetière
Villers Station Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Mémorial
The Golden Book : The Military Institute, 1927 (Toronto : University of Toronto Press); -
Mémorial
The Golden Book : The Military Institute, 1927 (Toronto : University of Toronto Press); -
Coupure de presse
From the Toronto Telegram March 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Coupure de presse
From the Toronto Telegram March 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Coupure de Presse
From the Toronto Telegram June 1919. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Major James Miles Langstaff
Digital gallery of
Major James Miles Langstaff
Digital gallery of
Major James Miles Langstaff
Digital gallery of
Major James Miles Langstaff
Digital gallery of
Major James Miles Langstaff
Digital gallery of
Major James Miles Langstaff
Digital gallery of
Major James Miles Langstaff
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 271 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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Villers-au-Bois is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 11 kilometres north-west of Arras. The VILLERS STATION CEMETERY is about 2 kilometres north-west of the village.
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