Major James Howard Tupper
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Tupper,
James Howard
Date of birth: 1874-05-31
Place of birth: Round Hill Annapolis County Nova Scotia Canada
Next of kin: Mrs Letitia May Tupper (wife), Bridgetown, Nova Scotia
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Farmer
Occupation (normalized): General Farmer
Address:
Bridgetown, Nova Scotia
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1916-09-16
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Albert Communal Cemetery Extension, I. O. 12.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank:
Major
(25th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Major, 25th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Captain, 25th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Canada
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Courcelette
Commemoration location: Bridgetown NS war memorial
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RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 552352
LAC ID:
267889
Service file: B9820-S021
Uploader's Notes:
Husband of Letitia M. Tupper, of Bridgetown, Annapolis Co., Nova Scotia.
Killed in action at Courcelette by artillery fire, described in the war diary for that day as the heaviest "it has been anyones lot to see". His death is noted on the 17th but it also notes that it was not possible to estimate casualties on the 16th. The 25th was spending these days consolidating their lines. Listed on the Nominal Roll of the 25th Battalion as a Captain.
Uploader's Research notes: [Captain Army Canadian Infantry 25th Battalion Major Army Canadian Infantry 25th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2011-03-19