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Private James Rintoul

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Rintoul, James
Date of birth: 1889-01-02
Place of birth: Carnbee Fifeshire Scotland
Next of kin: Henry Rintoul (father,) 9 Fowler Terrace, Edinburgh, Scotland
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Sales Clerk
Address: 610 Jackson Ave., Vancouver, British Columbia
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death: 1917-04-09
Cause of death: Killed in action
Buried: Bois-Carre British Cemetery, VI. C. 17.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 646178
Highest Rank: Private (54th Battalion)
Rank detail
  1. Private, 54th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
  2. Private (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Attack at VIMY RIDGE. Previously reported Missing, now Killed in Action.

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 618345
LAC ID: 618791
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B8290-S063
Uploader's Notes:

Henry & Janet Rintoul, 9 Fowler Terr., Edinburgh, Scotland

Previous military experience: 2 years with Queen's Edinburgh Volunteers

Uploader's Research notes:

158th Battalion Nominal Roll

Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database

[Private Army Canadian Infantry 158th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 54th Battalion ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-04-18