James Hinshelwood

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
55865
Unit at enlistment: 
19th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
No
Date of death: 
June 6th, 1916
Cemetery: 
Reninghelst New Military Cemetery - Ypres, Belgium - I.E.4.
Commemorated at: 
Paris Presbyterian Church
Birth country: 
Scotland
Birth county: 
Roxburghshire
Birth city: 
Jedburgh
Address at enlistment: 
Hamilton, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
48 Canongate, Jedburgh, Scotland
Trade or calling: 
Baker
Religious denominations: 
Presbyterian
Marital status: 
Single
Age at enlistment: 
20

Letters and documents

Circumstances of Casualty: Killed in Action. 
Location of Unit at Time of Casualty: Trenches at Ypres (The Bluff).

BX June 19, 1916

Paris is Hit Hard by War Losses – Two Residents Killed in Action and One Reported Missing

(From Our Own Correspondent)

PARIS, June 19 – Word has been received in town that Private James Hinshelwood had been killed in action in France. He enlisted with the 91st Highlanders in Hamilton in the fall of 1914 and left the following spring for England. At the time of his enlistment, he was employed at the plow works, and while here boarded with Miss Annie McKay, on West River Street. He was a Scotchman by birth, and while here attended the Presbyterian Church. His relative’s reside in Scotland.

BC December 16, 1916

Private James Hinshelwood Reported Killed in Action

Private James Hinshelwood reported killed in the early part of June, 1916, was a native of Scotland. He had resided in Paris about four years before the war broke out. Shortly after hostilities commenced, and the call came for men, he enlisted in the 19th Battalion at Hamilton. Hinshelwood went over to England with the first contingent and had seen considerable fighting. While here he attended the Presbyterian Church, his manly qualities making him many friends. A widowed mother and sister survive him in Scotland.