Pte
James Black
Military Details
Service Number: 192836
Regiment & Unit / Ship
15th Canadian Infantry (Cent. Ontario Regt)
Enlisted
7th September 1915
Awards and Medals
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Date of Enlistment
7/9/1915
Place of Enlistment
Toronto , Canada
Residence at Enlistment
345 Eastern Ave., Toronto
Rank at Enlistment
Pte
Battalion at Enlistment
15th
Service Number at Enlistment
192836
Personal Details
Date of Birth
June 1, 1884
Place of Birth
Egremont
Religion
C of E
Address
Edinborough , Ambleside , Westmorland
Residence (Census)
In Canada (Wife and son living in Ambleside with in-laws)
Residence (Roll of Honour)
Edinborough , Ambleside , Westmorland
Parents
Robert & Mary Black
Siblings
Agnes , Robert , George , John I , Esther
Married
Violet Jane Black nee Tyson (Married in 1908 )
Children
Robert William.
Family Connection
Brother of Pte John Irving Black, 192447, 15th Bn, Canadian Infantry, (Ontario Regiment) deceased 26 June 1917.
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Stonecutter
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
10th October 1916
Age at Death
32
Circumstances of Death
Died of Wounds
Place of Death
Somme
Theater of Action
France
Regiment at Death
Canadian Infantry (Cent. Ontario Regt)
Battalion/Vessel at Death
15th
Rank at Death
Pte
Notes
Parents from Cleator Moor; Family lived at 58 Queen street (1891) and 3 Victoria Street (1901)
Buried or Commemorated at
PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY
France
Grave Position: V. C. 30.
Private Memorial: St Johns Church War memorial
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