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James Joseph Cantlon

In memory of:

Private James Joseph Cantlon

April 16, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

859777

Age:

36

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Division:

43rd Bn

Additional Information

Born:

August 19, 1880
Mount Forest, Ontario

Enlistment:

March 14, 1916
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Son of Thomas Cantlon of Kenilworth, Ontario. English:

Digitized service file.

French:

Dossier de service numérisé.

Commemorated on Page 213 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

ARRAS ROAD CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

III. L. 34.

Location:

Roclincourt is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, a little east of the road from Arras to Lens and Lille. The cemetery is on the west side of the main N17 road from Arras to Lens, about 6 kilometres north of Arras, and north of the village of Roclincourt. The cemetery was enlarged in 1926-29 by the concentration of 993 graves from a wide area mainly North and East of Arras. There are now over 1,000 First World war casualties commemorated in this site which covers an area of 4,084 square metres. It is enclosed on three sides by a stone rubble wall, and against the road by a retaining wall. Old dug-outs exist under the North-East corner and on the South-West boundary.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Grave Marker– The grave marker at the Arras Road Cemetery located outside Roclincourt, about 5 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013)

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    Grave Marker
    Grave Marker – The grave marker at the Arras Road Cemetery located outside Roclincourt, about 5 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013)
  • Arras Road Cemetery– The Arras Road Cemetery, located at Roclincourt, about 5 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial in France. (John & Anne Stephens 2013)

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    Arras Road Cemetery
    Arras Road Cemetery – The Arras Road Cemetery, located at Roclincourt, about 5 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial in France. (John & Anne Stephens 2013)
  • Concentration of Graves (Exhumation and Reburial) Reburial– This image of the "Concentration of Graves (Exhumation and Reburial) Reburial" shows that Pte. Cantlon, who was initially to be listed on the Vimy Memorial, was identified when exhumed on July 27, 1928 because he had a badge of the Wayburn Fire Department in his pocket. His "Attestation Papers" list his occupation as a Teamster in Weyburn, Saskatchewan. You will note the image of the headstone has the words "Believed to Be" inscribed on the top edge.

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    Concentration of Graves (Exhumation and Reburial) Reburial
    Concentration of Graves (Exhumation and Reburial) Reburial – This image of the "Concentration of Graves (Exhumation and Reburial) Reburial" shows that Pte. Cantlon, who was initially to be listed on the Vimy Memorial, was identified when exhumed on July 27, 1928 because he had a badge of the Wayburn Fire Department in his pocket. His "Attestation Papers" list his occupation as a Teamster in Weyburn, Saskatchewan. You will note the image of the headstone has the words "Believed to Be" inscribed on the top edge.

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