James Hobart Bruce

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

772905

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Date of death:

March 23rd, 1917

Cemetery:

Etaples Military Cemetery - Pas de Calais, France - XXII.C.9.

Commemorated at:

First Baptist Church

Birth country:

Scotland

Birth county:

Midlothian

Birth city:

Leith

Address at enlistment:

139 Dalhousie Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

139 Dalhousie Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Moulder

Employer:

Buck Stove Co.

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

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Circumstances of service: Killed

Circumstances of Casualty: Died of Wounds. (Gunshot Wound fractured Spine) at No. 8 British Red Cross Hospital, Le Touquet.

BX March 22, 1917

Dangerous Wound

Dangerously wounded and admitted to No. 3 Casualty Clearing station on March 20, was the word received today by Mrs. Elizabeth Bruce, of 139 Dalhousie Street, in regard to her husband, Private James Hobart Bruce, who went overseas with a draft from a Brant County Battalion. The nature of Private Bruce’s wounds has not as yet been made known. He was born in Scotland, but has lived in Brantford for 12 years. Before enlisting, he worked as a moulder at Buck’s Stove Works.

BX March 26, 1917

Private James H. Bruce Died of Wounds – Gunshot Fractured His Spine

Another member of a Brantford battalion, Private James Hobart Bruce has paid the supreme price of war. A few days ago he was reported dangerously wounded and today he is officially reported having died of his wounds at no. 3 Red Cross hospital.

Death resulted from a gunshot, which fractured his spine. His wife, who survives him with four children, resides at 139 Dalhousie Street. The children are Helen, James, Daniel and Peter. Before enlisting Private Bruce worked at the Buck Stove works as a moulder.