Lieutenant-Colonel James Kennedy Cornwall

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Cornwall, James Kennedy

Date of birth: 1871-10-29

Place of birth: Brantford Ontario Canada

Next of kin: Mrs. Evelyn Cornwall, Wife, 27th and Villa St., Edmonton, Alberta

Marital status: married

Occupation (attested): Transportation

Address: 27th and Villa St., Edmonton, Alberta

Religion: Roman Catholic

Cause of death: Not specified

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: NA

Highest Rank: Lieutenant-Colonel

Rank detail

Lieutenant-Colonel (Army).

Survived war: yes

RESEARCH INFORMATION

LAC ID: 118061

Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2, image 3, image 4

Service file: B2014-S027

Uploader's Notes:

There are two forms for this soldier, the first is an attestation as filled in above, and the second is an OFFICERS' DECLARATION PAPER for the 218th Battalion C.E.F. which is dated 10 March 1916. He states that his former military service was "Revolution - South America".

Cornwall's photo appeared in the Red Deer News on 07 June 1916, pg. 1, with the following caption:

LIEUTENANT-COLONEL JAMES KENNEDY CORNWALL of Edmonton, Alberta, member of the Alberta Legislature for Peace River, who has been appointed to command a new Overseas Battalion to be raised in Edmonton district. Mr. Cornwall is one of the most romantic and interesting figures in the West, beginning life as a newsboy in Buffalo, N.Y., and later earning the title of "Apostle of the North" by engaging in every occupation the wild Northwest life of a few years ago provided.

Uploader's Research notes: [Lieutenant Colonel Army Canadian Infantry 218th Battalion ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2010-12-14

Last modified: 2012-06-18