James Baker Findlay

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

164268

Unit at enlistment:

84th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Date of death:

May 19th, 1918

Cemetery:

Etaples Military Cemetery - Pas de Calais, France - LXVI.D.13.

Commemorated at:

St. James Anglican Church (Paris), Penmans Ltd. Honour Roll

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

South Yorkshire

Birth city:

Sheffield

Address at enlistment:

Paris, Ontario

Next of kin address:

7 Lipton Avenue, Toronto, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Machinist

Employer:

Penmans No. 1 Mill

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

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Circumstances of service: Killed

Circumstances of Casualty: Killed in Action. During an enemy air raid on No. 1 General Hospital Etaples, on the night of May 19th 1918, he was killed by a bomb dropped from a hostile machine.

BX May 27, 1918

Private J.B. Findlay, Paris Soldier Has Been Killed – Official Word Received of His Death in Action in France

PARIS, May 27 – Word was received on the evening of Friday, May 24, stating that Pte. James Baker Findlay had been killed in action on May 18th. Private Findlay left here three years ago with the 84th Battalion but on arrival in England was drafted into the 76th Battalion. Later he was wounded and upon again returning to the firing line he was put into the 13th Canadian Battalion, with which unit he had been since. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. F.B. Findlay, who survive, together with one brother in France and a sister who resides in Toronto. He was 24 years of age, and a faithful member of the Anglican Church. Private Findlay was a member of the I.O.O.F., and also the C.O.F., and was highly esteemed by all who knew him.