James McNaught Leitch

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

419118

Unit at enlistment:

42nd Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Date of death:

March 26th, 1916

Cemetery:

Maple Copse Cemetery - Ypres, Belgium - Sp. Mem. C.23.

Birth country:

Scotland

Birth county:

Renfrewshire

Birth city:

Greenock

Address at enlistment:

7 Allenby Avenue, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

5 Orchard Street, Greenock, Scotland

Trade or calling:

Groom

Employer:

Grand Trunk Railway

Religious denominations:

Presbyterian

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

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Circumstances of service: Killed

Circumstances of Casualty: Died of Wounds in the Field, Belgium.
Location of Unit at Time of Casualty: Trenches near Maple Copse.

BX April 3, 1916

Another Local Casualty - James McNaught Leitch Died of Wounds

Another resident of Brantford has been killed in action, according to the official casualty list, in the person of Mr. James McNaught Leitch, formerly a resident at 7 Wallace Street. Mr. Leitch was a Scotchman and prior to enlistment worked as drayman for the G.T.R.