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Military service
Service number:
47864
Age:
27
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
January 11, 1891
Death:
September 1, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. E. 10.
Additional information
Son of Arthur Sydney and Elizabeth Huxley, of 25, Victoria Avenue, Evesham, Worcs., England.
Digital gallery of Sergeant James Huxley
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Newspaper clipping
In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Remembered by the 48th Highlanders Museum 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Grave Marker
Gravemarker (left). Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team DILEAS GU BRATH. -
Badge
15th Bn cap badge. Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Memorial
The 15th Battalion memorial at Hendecourt-les-Cagnicourt, France on the site of the wooded hill known during the war as ‘The Crow’s Nest’. The 15th Battalion assaulted and captured ‘The Crow’s Nest”on 01 Sept 1918 in the opening phase of the Canadian attack on the Drocourt-Queant Line. The memorial was dedicated on 26 April 2010 to those of the 15th Battalion who fell here and in the breakthrough of the D-Q line in early September 1918. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder patch
1st Division, 3rd Brigade shoulder patch worn by 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada). Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team.. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap badge of the 37th Bn which he originally joined before being sent to the 15th Bn as reinforcement. Photo BGen Young 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Grave marker
Photo by BGen (ret`d) G. Young, submitted by Capt (ret`d) V. Goldman 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Photo of Chateau Hendecourt
Photograph of Chateau Hendecourt which was destroyed in 1917 but rebuilt following the war. It is located inside a wooded area known during the war as Chateau Wood which, along with the Crow's Nest several hundred yards to its East, was part of the 15th Battalion's objective on 1 Sept 1918. Sgt Huxley and his platoon from Number 4 Company had successfully captured Chateau Wood when he was killed by a sniper's bullet. Photograph taken by the 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team during the 2010 dedication ceremony of the 15th Battalion memorial at The Crow's Nest. The post dedication reception was held at the Chateau upon invitation of the current owners who have named one of the reception rooms in honour of the 15th Battalion(48th Highlanders) who liberated the Chateau and surrounding area. -
Record of Service Card (Front)
Front side of Sgt James Huxley's Record of Services card from the archives of the Regimental Museum of the 48th Highlanders of Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Submitted by the 15th Battalion MemorialProject Team 28 March 2012. Dileas Gu Brath -
Record of Service Card (Reverse)
Back side of Sgt James Huxley's Record of Services card from the archives of the Regimental Museum of the 48th Highlanders of Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Submitted by the 15th Battalion MemorialProject Team 28 March 2012. Dileas Gu Brath -
Photo of James Huxley
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Document
Pt II Orders 15th Bn dated 10/9/1918 noting fatal casualties suffered from 31 Aug to 2 Sep 1918. <P> Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team courtesy of the 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum.<P> DILEAS GU BRATH -
Funeral
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Temporary Grave Marker
Sgt James Huxley - Original Grave Marker -
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Sgt James Huxley - In Uniform -
Photo of James Huxley
Sgt James Huxley - Early Life Ambition..
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Huxley
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Huxley
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Huxley
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Huxley
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Huxley
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Huxley
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Huxley
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Huxley
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Huxley
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 434 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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DOMINION CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Hendecourt-les-Cagnicourt is in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 16 kilometres south-east of Arras and 4 kilometres south of the Arras-Cambrai main road.
DOMINION CEMETERY is 2.5 kilometres north-east of the village, about 545 metres from the road.
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