James Frederick Durston

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

182

Unit at enlistment:

Welland Canal Force

Cemetery:

Mount Hope Cemetery, Soldiers' Plot, Brantford, Ontario

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Bridgwater

Birth city:

Somerset

Trade or calling:

Labourer

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Miscellaneous

BX August 5, 1938

James Frederick Durston

DURSTON – Suddenly in Brantford on Wednesday, August 3, 1938. James Frederick Durston, aged 50 years. The late Mr. Durston is resting at Beckett Funeral Home. Private Service at 2 p.m., Saturday, August 6. Public service St. Luke’s Anglican Church, 2:30 p.m. Interment in the Soldiers’ Plot Mount Hope Cemetery.

BX August 8, 1938

James Frederick Durston

The Funeral of James Frederick Durston was conducted on Sunday afternoon from Beckett’s Funeral Home, where a private service, was held to St. Luke’s Anglican Church for a public service, with interment being made in the Soldiers’ Plot at Mount Hope Cemetery. Rev. R.W. Lane was in charge of the private service and at the public service was assisted by Rev. T.A. Madden. At the church, Jack Chadwick sang a solo. The choir was in full attendance at the church and at the graveside the boys’ choir sang a number. Bugler Jack Frost sounded the Last Post and Reveille at the graveside. Many flowers paid silent tribute to the deceased. Members of the local branch of the Canadian Legion were in attendance at the funeral. The pallbearers were G. Oxley, J. Elphick and W. Gunn, from Massey-Harris, and P. Newton, H.R. Mann and T. Rose from St. Luke’s Church.