Private James Taggart
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1886-02-10
Place of birth: Renfrew Scotland
Next of kin: Myrtle Taggart, wife. 52 Waterloo Street, Stratford, Ontario
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Grocery Clerk
Address:
52 Waterloo Street, Stratford, Ontario
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1915-10-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Ridge Wood Military Cemetery, II. I. 6.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 53858
Highest Rank:
Private
(18th Battalion)
Rank detail
Private, 18th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1914-10-23 to 1915-10-09
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 443518
LAC ID:
267072
Service file: B9484-S020
Uploader's Notes:
Son of James Taggart and Elizabeth Taggart (nee Deans) of 21 Paisley Rd., Renfrew, Scotland; husband of Myrtle Irene Taggart (later Hobson) of 138 Edinborough Rd., Guelph, Ontario.
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment), D Company 18th Bn.
War Diary Entry: http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/e/e044/e001099239.jpg
Uploader's Research notes: [Private Army Canadian Infantry 18th Battalion D Company Confirmed through multiple sources. War Diary. Service Records. ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2020-11-23