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Military service
Service number:
7054
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
March 27, 1895
Death:
April 22, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 10 - 26 - 28
Additional information
Son of Alexander and Jane Leith, of 14, Victoria Avenue, Galt, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private James Leith
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Galt War Memorial
The Cambridge (Galt) War Memorial, Queen's Square, Cambridge, Ontario. Circa 1930. Frances Loring and William Lyon Somerville.<P> Inscribed:"TO THEM ALL HONOUR / GUARD YE THEIR VICTORY / 1914-1918 / 1939-1945 / 1950-1953." -
Close up of Galt War Memorial
Detail of the Cambridge (Galt) War Memorial. -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate - May 2019 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Menin Gate - May 2019 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Biography
From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War One Soldier Information Cards, Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private James Leith
Digital gallery of
Private James Leith
Digital gallery of
Private James Leith
Digital gallery of
Private James Leith
Digital gallery of
Private James Leith
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 24 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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