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Military service
Service number:
2208356
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Forestry Corps
Division:
41st Coy.
Birth:
March 18, 1890
Windsor, Ontario
Enlistment:
February 18, 1917
Creston, British Columbia
Death:
May 17, 1918
Orleans, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II.B.20
Additional information
Son of Hugh and Margaret McHugh; husband of Mabel A. McHugh, of Hamilton, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private James Sydney McHugh
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Memorial
War Memorial, Fernie and District, British Columbia. Dedicated by Lord Byng on May 24th, 1922. Inscribed: ERECTED TO PERPETUATE OUR HONOURED DEAD AND THOSE WHO CARRIED ON IN THE GREAT WAR FROM FERNIE B.C. AND DISTRICT. -
Inscription
Detail of statue and names listed on the War Memorial for Fernie and District, British Columbia. -
Creston War Memorial
War Memorial, Creston & District, British Columbia. Also included are names from men from nearby Erickson and Wynndel. The Cenotaph was unveiled on November 11th, 1922. There are 26 names inscribed on the granite memorial representing those local men who died during World War One. A stone panel was added at a later date to include 29 names of those who died during World War Two. Located at 137 11th Avenue North, in front of the local Royal Canadian Legion (Branch 29). In honoured memory. -
Inscription
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Creston War Memorial
Digital gallery of
Private James Sydney McHugh
Digital gallery of
Private James Sydney McHugh
Digital gallery of
Private James Sydney McHugh
Digital gallery of
Private James Sydney McHugh
Digital gallery of
Private James Sydney McHugh
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 458 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ORLEANS MAIN CEMETERY Loiret, France
Orleans is a large town and ORLEANS MAIN CEMETERY is situated on the north-eastern side of the town.
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