Pte. James Samuel PATTERSON

1890 - 1916  (26 years)

• Name	James Samuel PATTERSON
  Prefix	Pte.
  Birth	28 Dec 1890	Greenwood, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Attestation Papers	12 Aug 1915	Smiths Falls, Lanark, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	#144657 77th Bn, CEF; transferred overseas Oct 22, 1915; Mar 14, 1916 to 21st Bn, France
  WWI service	29 Dec 1916	Bully Grenay, Pas de Calais, France
  	21st Bn
  Death	29 Dec 1916	Bully Grenay, Pas de Calais, France   [4, 5]
  Burial	Vimy, Pas de Calais, France   [6, 7]
  	Address: Vimy Memorial Vimy, Pas de Calais France
  Person ID	I42082500	Whitewater Region Early Families
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2021

  
  

  Father	David PATTERSON,   b. 13 Mar 1851, Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 10 Mar 1912, Greenwood, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Jane Elizabeth WILSON,   b. 7 Jul 1859, Pembroke Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 1945, Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	5 Apr 1877	Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [8, 9]
  Family ID	F13815457	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Westmeath War Memorial, Westmeath, Ontario Photographed by Fay Bennett
  		Westmeath War Memorial, Westmeath, Ontario (on the back) Photographed by Fay Bennett
  		Beachburg War Memorial, Beachburg, Ontario Photographed by Fay Bennett
  		Pembroke War Memorial from the back photographed by Fay Bennett, Nov 2022
  		Greenwood Methodist Church Plaque dedicated to WWI Soldiers Photographed by Fay Bennett, Nov 2022
  		Plaque Honoring Members of Greenwood Community who enlisted for Overseas Service, Greenwood Methodist Church Photographed by Fay Bennett

  
  

  Documents		Patterson, Pte. James Samuel Commonwealth War Graves Commission Certificate https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1572880/james-samuel-patterson/
  		Greenwood Methodist Church Memorial Tablet unveiled The Cobden Sun, Sept 23, 1920 p. 1

  
  

  Histories

  Patterson, Pte. James Samuel - WWI Casualty Articles and information compiled by Fay Bennett from sources noted

  
  

• Notes

  Attestation Papers: Occupation farmer age 21 years, 8 mos; 5' 6"; grey eyes and brown hair; 145 lbs. WWI service: Circumstances of Casualty "Previously reported missing, now for official purposes presumed to have died" at Bully Grenay Sustained GSW L Thigh oct 4, 1916 to No 4 Canadian Field Ambulance

  
  

• Sources

  [S668] Library and Archives of Canada, Archivia Net On-Line Research Tool, Census - Canada, Ontario, Renfrew Co., Westmeath Twp., - 1911, (Database, http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/1911/index-e.html). [S501913] Library and Archives of Canada, Archivia Net On-Line Research Tool, Census - Canada, Ontario, Renfrew Co., Westmeath Twp., - 1911, (Database, http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/1911/index-e.html). [S502172] Ancestry.com, Mil-Military Attestation Papers, (Ancestry.com. Canada, WWI CEF Attestation Papers, 1914-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006. Images are used with the permission of Library and Archives Canada.). [S502601] Canada., Mil-Circumstances of Death Registers, First World War, (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa. https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Pages/home.aspx.). [S502591] Canada., Mil-WWI Personnel Records of the First World War, ( Library and Archives Canada . https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/search.aspx.). [S502592] Veterans Affairs Canada, Mil-Canadian Virtual War Memorial, ((www.veterans.gc.ca/eng)), ). (Reliability: 3). [S502255] Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Mil-Commonwealth War Graves Commission, ((www.cwgc.org)), ). (Reliability: 3). [S493] Lewis, Olga, Renfrew County Marriages, 1876-1890, (Sep 1998). [S501758] Lewis, Olga, Renfrew County Marriages, 1876-1890, (Sep 1998).