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James Paton

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Pte James Paton

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment: 02.07.1915
  • Place of enlistment: Montreal, Quebec.
  • Service no: 457762
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry
  • Unit/Ship: 60th Battalion
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death: 26
  • Date of Death: 20.09.1916
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Vimy Memorial
  • Grave/Mem Ref no:

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 23.11.1890
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address:
  • Occupation: Air Brake Inspector
  • Mother:

    Annie Paton, 99 Perth Rd, Dundee

  • Father:
  • Siblings:

    Annie Paton

  • Spouse:

    Isabella Paton, 10 North Junction, Leith

  • Children:

More about James Paton

James has no known grave but is remembered on the Vimy Memorial.

For more information on James, visit, James Memorial also James Service Record and Circumstances of Death Register

There is also a reference to James in the Dundee Peoples Journal 27/01/1917 page 8, available in Dundee Central Library

For reasons unknown James Paton is not included on the original Dundee City Roll of Honour

Information researched and supplied by Gary Thomson

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