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James Pender

In memory of:

Private James Pender

November 23, 1916

Military Service

Service Number:

129641

Age:

24

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)

Division:

72nd Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

August 19, 1892
Nanaimo, British Columbia

Son of James and Hannah Pender.

Commemorated on Page 147 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

I. J. 20.

Location:

The town of Abbeville is on the main road from Paris to Boulogne, about 80 kilometres south of Boulogne. On reaching Abbeville from Boulogne on the N1 at the roundabout, take the right turn immediately before Boulogne Road direction. A CWGC direction sign is on site. Enter the ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY by the left hand side main gate and follow CWGC signs within the Cemetery.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of November 29, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y303uvic/mode/1up?view=theater

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Daily Colonist of November 29, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y303uvic/mode/1up?view=theater
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Vancouver Daily Province December 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Vancouver Daily Province December 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– J.R. Pender, a Postal Clerk in the Vancouver Post Office, is remembered on a memorial plaque in the Retail Lobby of the Vancouver Main Post Office, 349 West Georgia, Vancouver BC.

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    Memorial – J.R. Pender, a Postal Clerk in the Vancouver Post Office, is remembered on a memorial plaque in the Retail Lobby of the Vancouver Main Post Office, 349 West Georgia, Vancouver BC.

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