James Huitson Liddell

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

772247

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Cemetery:

Mount Hope Cemetery, Soldiers' Plot, 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:

Driver

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

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Letters and documents

BX August 7, 1917

Sapper James Huitson Liddell is reported to have been wounded. He left Brantford with the first overseas battalion of the Dufferin Rifles.

BX December 31, 1917

Lost Left Arm

James Huitson Liddell, jr., who enlisted with the 125th Battalion, and was transferred to France, is now in hospital in Liverpool, having lost his left arm.

BX January 15, 1918

Veterans Returning

A contingent of 152 returned men is expected to arrive at North Toronto Station tomorrow night and among the contingent are several Brantford men, including the following: Pte. A. Butler, 127 Chestnut Avenue; Pte. H.J. Hall, 275 Brant Avenue; Sapper H.E. Harris, 151 St. Paul Avenue; Pte. H. Jackson, 36 North Park Street, care Grandview; Pte. J.H. Liddell, 66 Cayuga Street; Pte. E.W. Pattison, 98 Oxford Street, Corp. A. Yeates

BX January 17, 1918

Three Veterans Came Home Last Evening

Three returned soldiers arrived home last night at 10.30 on the Brantford and Hamilton radial and were welcomed by Secretary MacDonald of the Soldiers’ Aid Commission and Secretary Cornelius of the G.W.V.A. A bigger deputation including the mayor and Mr. J.S. Dowling, awaited the 9.30 car, but it was an hour later before the soldiers got here. The three who arrived included H.E. Harris, 151 St. Paul’s Avenue; E. Pattison, 86 Oxford Street, who lost his right arm, and Lance-Corp. Isaac, 140 Alfred Street, who lost his right leg. Taxis were provided to take the soldiers home.

Others expected to arrive today are Pte. Butler, 137 Chestnut Avenue; H.J. Hall, 275 Brant Avenue, H. Jackson, 59 North Park Street; J.H. Liddell, 66 Cayuga Street and Corp. A. Yeates, corner Chatham and Murray Street.

BX July 31, 1941

James Huitson Liddell Jr.

The death occurred Wednesday afternoon at Westminster Hospital, London, Ont., of James Huitson Liddell, 103 Maitland Street, in his forty-third year. Born in England, deceased had lived in Brantford for the past forty years. Mr. Liddell, a member of the Colborne Street United Church, was the son of Mrs. Liddell and the late James Huitson Liddell, Brantford. Deceased saw active service in the Great War, leaving Brantford with the 125th Battalion. He was a member of the orchestra of the Colborne Street United Church for many years and was employed by the Brantford Street Railways for ten years. He leaves to mourn his loss his mother. The body is resting at Reid and Brown Slumber Room until Saturday afternoon. Services will be held in the chapel and interment will be in the Soldiers’ Plot in Mount Hope Cemetery.

BX August 5, 1941

James Huitson Liddell Jr.

Funeral services for James H. Liddell were conducted Saturday afternoon from Reid and Brown’s Chapel with Rev. H.A. Graham in charge. The presence of many relatives and friends, including a representation of comrades from the 125th Battalion, with which the deceased served during the last war, as well as the profusion of lovely floral tributes, attested to the esteem in which Mr. Liddell was held by all who knew him. The pallbearers were W. Harrigan, R. Mulligan, J.T. Lee, J. Martin, G. Gaydon and R. Pierson. Interment was in the Soldiers’ Plot at Mount Hope Cemetery.