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Military service
Age:
23
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Death:
August 16, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of the late James Watson Wylie and Alexandra Logie Wylie, of Almonte, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant James Archibald Wylie
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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. Submitted by the 48th Highlanders Museum 73 Simcoe St. Toronto for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
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. -
Map
Lieutenant James Archibald Wylie was killed in action at Hill 70 (Lens) on August 15, 1917. Using the battalion war diaries and records held by the 48th Highlanders of Canada, the project team has tracked the whereabouts of Lt. Wylie at his time of death. As with his counterpart Lt. Donald Wallace McDonald (15th Battalion CEF) and the two 1915 British Irish Guard Officers (2nd Lt. John Kipling and 2nd Lt. Pakenham Law) their whereabouts were lost for over 100 years. The records error with the trench map coordinates, made by the 18th Labour Company who was concentrating the graves in February 1921, placed the remains 6,000 yards to the west of where they were killed. As such, their bodies were not identified at that time. In October 2015 the correct location was identified by a research team at the Canadian Expeditionary Force Study Group. -
Photo of JAMES ARCHIBALD WYLIE
Lieutenant James Archibald Wylie. Photograph provided by Greg Young, 15th Battalion Memorial Project to Richard Laughton for Lt. Wylie's Commemoration Project. -
Memorial
Inscription to the memory of Lieutenant JAMES ARCHIBALD WYLIE on the family grave marker in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Almonte, Ontario.<P> IN LOVING MEMORY OF LIEUTENANT JAMES ARCHIBALD WYLIE BELOVED SON OF THE LATE JAMES WATSON WYLIE KILLED IN ACTION HILL 70 LENS FRANCE AUGUST 16 1917 AGED 23 YEARS 15TH BATT -
Attestation Paper
Source: Library and Archives Canada -
Attestation Paper
Source: Library and Archives Canada -
Badge
15th Bn cap badge. Photo by BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team.. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Photo of James Archibald Wylie
Photo of Lt JA Wylie from the Bank of Montreal Roll of Honour published after WWI. Submitted by BGen G Young 15th Battalion Mememorial Project. Dileas Gu Brath -
Biography
Biography of Lt JA Wylie from the Bank of Montreal Roll of Honour published after WWI. Submitted by BGen G Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project. 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 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Lt Wylie originally enlisted with this unit but was sent to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret'd) V. Goldman 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
War Memorial
"The Hill 70 memorial, erected by the 15th Battalion Memorial Project and the town of Benifontaine, was unveiled and dedicated on 22 September 2012. The memorial commemorates the actions of the 15th Battalion CEF, which was on the extreme left flank of the Canadian assault on Hill 70, on 15 August 1917 and the memory of those members of the Battalion who fell during the engagement. The memorial sits on what was then known as Bois Hugo, which the Battalion assaulted, captured and held against repeated German counterattacks." Photo submitted by the 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team. Dileas Gu Brath -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Archibald Wylie
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Archibald Wylie
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Archibald Wylie
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Archibald Wylie
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Archibald Wylie
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Archibald Wylie
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Archibald Wylie
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Archibald Wylie
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Archibald Wylie
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Commemorated on:
Page 354 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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