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Military service
Service number:
214136
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
18th Bn.
Birth:
April 18, 1897
Death:
August 26, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. B. 25.
Additional information
Son of Isaac H. and Elta S. Willan, of Leamington, Ontario. Native of Essex, Ontario.
Brother of Lance Corporal Russel Hugh Willan, who died during service with the Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment).
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Grave Marker
Photo courtesy Wilf Schofield, England -
Photo of James Edwin Willan
Jim was KIA at the Battle of the Scarfe, ironically 1 year to the day after his brother Russ was killed. Inseparable as youths they now lie in France for eternity. LEST WE FORGET -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Private James Edwin Willan
Digital gallery of
Private James Edwin Willan
Digital gallery of
Private James Edwin Willan
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Commemorated on:
Page 523 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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