Private George Jameson
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1884-09-29
Place of birth: Eppleby North Yorks
Next of kin: William Jameson (brother), 1566 Pacific Ave., Winnipeg, Manitoba
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): homestead farmer
Occupation (normalized): General Farmer
Religion: Wesleyan
Date of death:
1915-05-08
Cause of death:
Killed in action
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 784
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: Bellewaerde Lake/Frezenberg
Commemoration location: Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial, Belgium
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 1593365
LAC ID:
483220
Service file: B4781-S008
Uploader's Notes:
Son of William and Mary Jameson of Eppleby, Yorks, England.
Joined the P.P.C.L.I. in August 1914 [an original].
Previous military experience stated on Attestation as being 1st York Volunteers (8 Years) and 1 Year in the Winnipeg Grenadiers.
At the time of his death the PPCLI were one of five battalions serving in 80th Brigade of 27th Division of the British Army. There is a memorial to the stand made by the PPCLI in defending the front line on the Frezenberg Ridge in front of Bellewaerde Lake (Hooge) just outside Westhoek to the East of Ypres.
Uploader's Research notes: [Private Army Canadian Infantry Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-06-15