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James Guy

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
772384
Unit at enlistment: 
125th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
No
Date of death: 
May 3rd, 1917
Cemetery: 
Vimy Memorial - Pas de Calais, France
Birth country: 
England
Birth county: 
Lancashire
Birth city: 
Greater Manchester, Leigh
Address at enlistment: 
120 West Street, Brantford, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
10 Clayton Street, Haulgh, Bolton, England
Trade or calling: 
Baker
Religious denominations: 
Church of England
Marital status: 
Single
Age at enlistment: 
24

Letters and documents

Circumstances of Casualty: Previously reported Missing, now Killed in Action. 
Location of Unit at Time of Casualty: Attack North of Fresnoy.

BX November 6, 1917

Private James Guy, who was a baker with the Almas Bakery prior to his enlistment, is today reported unofficially killed in action. According to the word received in Brantford in May last, he was reported missing but today comes the word “unofficially reported killed in action.”  Private Guy was a single man and boarded at 120 West Street.

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