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James Birrell Hay

In memory of:

Private James Birrell Hay

April 17, 1917

Military Service


Service Number:

466358

Age:

28

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)

Division:

2nd Coy., 7th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

April 23, 1889

Son of Isabella and the late Alexander Hay, of Edmonton, Alberta; late of Perth, Scotland.

Commemorated on Page 253 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

XIX. B. 18.

Location:

Etaples is a town about 27 kilometres south of Boulogne. The Etaples Military Cemetery is to the north of the town, on the west side of the road to Boulogne.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Edmonton Morning Bulletin c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Cemetery
  • Cross of Sacrifice
  • Grave marker

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