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Military service
Service number:
D/156056
Age:
32
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
Death:
July 15, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
X. B. 1.
Additional information
Son of George Arthur and Catherine Vincent, of Montreal, Province of Quebec; husband of Edna Kathleen Vincent, of Montreal.
Digital gallery of Private James Henry Vincent
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Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
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Entrance
Photo submitted by Marg Liessens -
Cross of Sacrifice
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Grave Marker
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Grave marker
James served with the Royal Army Service Corps. He disembarked in France on August 5, 1944. James was killed in an automobile accident when the Willys he was in crashed from the Balgerhoek bridge, about 1km from Adegem Canadian War Cemetery, Belgium, into the canal. James drowned as a result. He had a 17 year civilian passenger onboard who also died from the crash. Full profile: Full profile: https://commonwealth-adegem.com/vincent-james-henry
Digital gallery of
Private James Henry Vincent
Digital gallery of
Private James Henry Vincent
Digital gallery of
Private James Henry Vincent
Digital gallery of
Private James Henry Vincent
Digital gallery of
Private James Henry Vincent
Digital gallery of
Private James Henry Vincent
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 573 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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