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Military service
Service number:
429164
Age:
35
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
47th Bn.
Birth:
June 15, 1881
Death:
March 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
4. 20. 16.
Additional information
Son of James and Sarah McClelland of Vancouver; husband of Nora F. McClelland, of Ardley, Burnaby, British Columbia.
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Grave Marker
Grave of 429164 Pvt. James McClelland who served with the 47th Battn. C.E.F. Born in Owen Sound Ontario on June 15th 1881. Husband of Nora F. McClelland of Burnaby BC. James enlisted into the C.E.F. at New Westminster BC on March 13th 1915 listing prior military service of 2 years with the 6th D.C.O.R. Regt.Canadian Militia. He died while on active service on March 9th 1917 at the age of 36 and was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC. -
Grave Marker
Closer view of the grave of 429164 Pvt. James McClelland who served with the 47th Battn. C.E.F. Born in Owen Sound Ontario on June 15th 1881. Husband of Nora F. McClelland of Burnaby BC. James enlisted into the C.E.F. at New Westminster BC on March 13th 1915 listing prior military service of 2 years with the 6th D.C.O.R. Regt.Canadian Militia. He died while on active service on March 9th 1917 at the age of 36 and was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC. -
Memorial Cross
Memorial cross in the cemetery where 429164 Pvt. James McClelland who served with the 47th Battn. C.E.F. was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Province December 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Province December 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private James McClelland
Digital gallery of
Private James McClelland
Digital gallery of
Private James McClelland
Digital gallery of
Private James McClelland
Digital gallery of
Private James McClelland
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Commemorated on:
Page 279 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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VANCOUVER (MOUNTAIN VIEW) CEMETERY British Columbia, Canada
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