James Huitson Liddell

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

772413

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Cemetery:

Mount Hope Cemetery, Brantford, Ontario

Commemorated at:

Colborne Street Methodist Church

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Durham

Birth city:

Sunderland

Address at enlistment:

66 Cayuga Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

66 Cayuga Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Foreman

Employer:

Verity Plow Co.

Religious denominations:

Methodist

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

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Letters and documents

Miscellaneous

BX July 15, 1936

James Liddell

James Liddell, 103 Maitland Street, passed away at the residence yesterday in his seventy-sixth year following an illness of ten years. Born in England he came to Brantford 36 years ago and had resided here since that time. He was a member of Colborne Street United Church and was for a number of years a member of the Dufferin Rifles Band. Left to mourn his loss are his widow, a son, James, at home, and six sisters. The funeral will be conducted Friday afternoon from Reid and Brown’s Funeral Chapel to Mount Hope Cemetery, where interment will be made. Mr. Liddell served overseas with the 125th Battalion.

BX July 18, 1936

James Liddell

Funeral services were conducted yesterday afternoon for James H. Liddell at Reid and Brown’s Funeral Chapel and Mount Hope Cemetery, where interment was made. The services were in charge of Rev. S.M. Roadhouse, Pastor of Colborne Street United Church. There was a large attendance and a profusion of flowers, testifying to the esteem in which the deceased was held. The pallbearers were: F. Morrison, W. Hodge, J. Darwin, J.T. Lee, G. Beattie and J. Adie.

BX July 7, 1917

Three Veterans

It is expected that three more returned soldiers, Pte. W. Brown, 50 Albion Street; Private J.H. Liddell, 66 Cayuga Street, and Pte. C. Thompson of 22 Holme Street will return from Toronto tomorrow. The name of Signaller L.C. Hazelton is given as coming back tomorrow, but he has been home for two days.

BX July 9, 1917

Expected Home

Three Brantford men were expected to return from the front yesterday but the Soldiers’ Aid Commission was unaware this morning as to whether they had arrived or not. The men expected back were Pte. W. Brown, 50 Albion Street, Pte. J.H. Liddell 66 Cayuga Street, and C. Thompson of 22 Holme Street. Amongst the arrivals at Toronto was A.C. Barber of Paris.

BX July 15, 1936

James Huitson Liddell Sr.

James Liddell, 103 Maitland Street, passed away at his residence yesterday in his seventy-sixth year following an illness of ten years. Born in England he came to Brantford 36 years ago and had resided here since that time. He was a member of Colborne Street United Church and was for a number of years a member of the Dufferin Rifles Band. Left to mourn his loss are his widow, a son, James, at home, and six sisters. The funeral will be conducted Friday afternoon from Reid and Brown’s Funeral Chapel to Mount Hope Cemetery, where interment will be made. Mr. Liddell served overseas with the 125th Battalion.

BX July 18, 1936

James Huitson Liddell Sr.