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James Dewar

In memory of:

Private James Dewar

September 11, 1916

Military Service


Service Number:

55823

Age:

22

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

19th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

April 16, 1894

Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Dewar, of 748, Cannon St. East, Hamilton, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 77 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

II. A. 26.

Location:

Contalmaison is a village in the Department of the Somme, 6 kilometres east-north-east of Albert. The Sunken Road, from which the cemetery is named, is part of the Contalmaison-Pozieres road, and the cemetery lies a little east of the road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Hamilton Spectator 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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