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Military service
Service number:
72793
Age:
29
Rank:
Major
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Engineers
Death:
June 29, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. F. 15.
Additional information
Son of Maj. Edmund Featherstone Osler and Nadine Osler, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Major James Gordon Osler
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Grave Marker
Major James Gordon Osler is remembered on the family monument located in St. James Cemetery, Parliament Street, Toronto. Photo taken May 2003. -
Grave Marker
In 2002, 440 Appleby College Cadet Corps visted the grave of James Osler, their Head Cadet from 1932. A ceremony, including the playing of the last post, was held at his grave side in St. Manvieu War Cemetery, France -
Graveside ceremony
A graveside ceremony in St. Manvieu War Cemetery, France was held in 2002 by 440 (Appleby College)Cadet Corps for their former Head Cadet, James Osler, class of '32. -
St. Manvieu War Cemetery
St.Manvieu War Cemetery, France. August 2002. Major Osler's grave is to the right side of the photo. -
1930 Appleby football team
James Osler, in halo, with the 1930 Appleby football team, in front of Powell's House, his house. From the Appleby College Archives -
Inscription
A plaque on the Memorial School Building recalls members of the Appleby College (Oakville) Community, killed in the Second World War. James Gordon Osler -
Memorial Stained Glass
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2344 Maj James Gordon Osler (RMC 1934) was the son of Maj. Edmund Featherstone Osler and Nadine Osler, of Toronto, Ontario. He died on June 29, 1944 at 29 years of age. He served with the Royal Engineers. He was buried in the St. Manvieu War Cemetery in Calvados, France VI. F. 15. -
Memorial
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2344 Maj James Gordon Osler (RMC 1934) was the son of Maj. Edmund Featherstone Osler and Nadine Osler, of Toronto, Ontario. He died on June 29, 1944 at 29 years of age. He served with the Royal Engineers. He was buried in the St. Manvieu War Cemetery in Calvados, France VI. F. 15. -
Memorial Doll
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2344 Maj James Gordon Osler (RMC 1934) was the son of Maj. Edmund Featherstone Osler and Nadine Osler, of Toronto, Ontario. He died on June 29, 1944 at 29 years of age. He served with the Royal Engineers. He was buried in the St. Manvieu War Cemetery in Calvados, France VI. F. 15. -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of JAMES GORDON OSLER
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star February 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
For the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Major James Gordon Osler
Digital gallery of
Major James Gordon Osler
Digital gallery of
Major James Gordon Osler
Digital gallery of
Major James Gordon Osler
Digital gallery of
Major James Gordon Osler
Digital gallery of
Major James Gordon Osler
Digital gallery of
Major James Gordon Osler
Digital gallery of
Major James Gordon Osler
Digital gallery of
Major James Gordon Osler
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 409 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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