Private James Carter Irwin
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Irwin,
James Carter
Date of birth: 1897-01-01
Place of birth: York Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Jennie Carter Irwin (mother), 272 Jarvis St., Toronto, Canada
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Bank Clerk
Date of death:
1916-07-31
Cause of death:
Died of wounds
Buried:
Nunhead (All Saints) Cemetery, 52. 33730.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 475895
Highest Rank:
Private
(Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry)
Rank detail
Private, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Sanctuary Wood
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 381711
LAC ID:
478298
Service file: B4719-S039
Uploader's Notes: Original overseas unit 3rd University Company. Joined the P.P.C.L.I. in the field May 30, 1916. Wounded June 2, 1916 and died nearly two months later. Son of William Nassau Irwin and Jennie Carter Irwin, of Toronto, Ontario.
Uploader's Research notes: Memorial Plaque exists. [Private Army Canadian Infantry Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-06-02