James Dickson

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
772736
Unit at enlistment: 
125th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
Yes
Wounded: 
Yes
Birth country: 
Scotland
Birth county: 
Stirlingshire
Birth city: 
Falkirk
Address at enlistment: 
11 Grand Street, Brantford, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
11 Grand Street, Brantford, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Machinist
Employer: 
Cockshutt Plow Co.
Religious denominations: 
Presbyterian
Marital status: 
Married
Age at enlistment: 
31

Letters and documents

BX June 30, 1917

Mrs. Isabelle Dickson, 32 ½ Dalhousie Street, has received official word from Ottawa that her husband, Private James Dickson, Mounted Service’s, was officially reported dangerously ill in No. 4 General Hospital, Camiers, June 26, having received a gunshot wound in the right leg and another in the left arm. Pte. Dickson was an employee of the Cockshutt Plow Company where he left with the first overseas battalion of the Dufferin Rifles.

BX March 5, 1918
 
Brantford Veterans

The following Brantford men were expected to arrive in Toronto sometime today: J. Dickson, 190 Sheridan Street; H. Hall, 16 Burford Street; G. Knight, 103 Cayuga Street; H. McDermid, 7 Brighton Place.