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Private James Bryant

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Bryant, James
Date of birth: 1896-04-02
Place of birth: Bristol Gloucestershire England
Next of kin: Fred Bryant, father. 470 Albert Street, Stratford, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Cabinet Maker
Occupation (normalized): Cabinetmaker
Address: 470 Albert Street, Stratford, Ontario
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death: 1916-07-25
Cause of death: Killed in action
Buried: Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial, Panel 18 - 28 - 30

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 491307
Highest Rank: Private (7th Battalion)
Rank detail

Private, 7th Battalion, Infantry (Army).

Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 922500
LAC ID: 72598
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B1218-S023
Uploader's Notes:

His mother said, when she signed his enlistment papers, that she felt that she was signing his death warrant.

He was one of my maternal uncles.

My mother said that he had survived the battle on that day, and that he was among a group of soldiers who were standing atop the position they had just taken, when an incoming artillery shell blew the entire group away!

CEF Burial Registers - Previously reported Missing, now Killed in Action. From information available, he was killed by the explosion of an enemy mine under the trench in which he was on duty.

Uploader's Research notes: His father and his maternal grandfather had both served in the British Army.
[Private Army Canadian Infantry 7th Battalion ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2022-01-14