Military service
Service number:
1275
Age:
23
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Newfoundland Regiment
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador
Enlistment:
September 16, 1914
St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador
Death:
July 1, 1916
Beaumont Hamel, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
D. 10.
Additional information
Son of Alexander and Bertha Janes, of St. John's, Newfoundland.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Frederick Janes
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Photo of Frederick Janes
An image taken from 'The Brigade' Magazine of the Church Lads' Brigade. -
Gravemarker
This headstone, in "Y" Ravine Cemetery, marks the resting place of two Great War soldiers.<P> Frederick Janes, of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, was killed at Beaumont Hamel on the first day of the Battle of the Somme: 1st July 1916.<P> The family inscription reads "Until the Dawn". <BR> This photographs was taken in April 2006. -
Grave Marker
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Photo of FREDERICK JANES
The Brigade magazine of Nov 1918. Janes was a one time member. -
Entrance
Y Ravine Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Y Ravine Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Y Ravine Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
A picture of Lance Corporal Frederick Janes grave site.
Taken around April 9th, 2017. -
Newspaper clipping
From the St. John Daily Star July 27th 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Frederick Janes
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Frederick Janes
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Frederick Janes
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Frederick Janes
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Frederick Janes
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Frederick Janes
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Frederick Janes
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Frederick Janes
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Frederick Janes
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 64 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance.
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