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Military Information

  • Date of enlistment: 28.02.1916
  • Place of enlistment: Calgary, Alberta.
  • Service no: 808798
  • Rank: Lance Corporal
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry
  • Unit/Ship: 31st Battalion
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death: 31
  • Date of Death: 25.06.1918
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Vimy Memorial
  • Grave/Mem Ref no:

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 02.09.1886
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address:
  • Occupation: Labourer
  • Mother:
  • Father:

    David Kidd, 55 Strathmartine Rd, Dundee

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More about James Kidd

James has no known grave but is remembered on the Vimy Memorial. It was reported through German sources that James died at Neuville and was buried near there.

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

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

Information researched and supplied by Gary Thomson

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