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Private James McShane

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: McShane, James
Date of birth: 1888-08-15
Place of birth: Middlesboro Yorkshire England
Next of kin: Elizabeth McShane (mother,) 38 Church St., North Ormsby, Middleboro, England
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Locomotive Fireman
Occupation (normalized): Railway Steam-Engine Fireman
Religion: Roman Catholic
Date of death: 1917-04-09
Cause of death: Killed in action
Buried: Zivy Crater, Thelus, Panel 7. Col. I.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 226613
Highest Rank: Private (18th Battalion)
Rank detail

Private, 18th Battalion, Infantry (Army).

Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Attack East of Neuville St. Vaast

RESEARCH INFORMATION

LAC ID: 133132
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B7209-S053
Uploader's Research notes: 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 Western Ontario Regiment 18th Battalion ee ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2005-04-08
Last modified: 2016-07-26