James Hinshelwood

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

55865

Unit at enlistment:

19th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

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:

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Circumstances of service: Killed

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.