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Name James Edward Tait No. POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 1027 Awards VC MC
Regiment Canadian Expeditionary Force, 78th Battalion (Winnipeg Grenadiers), Manitoba Regiment
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Lieutenant
Place Of Birth Greenbrae, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
Place Of Death Near Hallu, Amiens, France
Buried/Location Ashes Fouquescourt British Cemetery, 16 miles south of Albert, Somme, France
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Special Memorial, Grave 8
Gazetted 27 September 1918
VC Presented Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba to his widow, Jessie
Memorials
P Headstone, Fouquescourt British Cemetery, 16 miles south of Albert, Somme, France
P Named on War Memorial, Maxwelltown, Dumfries, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
P Named on War Memorial, Troqueers Church, Dumfries, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
Named on War Memorial, Laurieknowe School, Maxwelltown, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
Named on War Memorial, Dumfries Acadamey, Dumfries, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Plaque, British High Commission, Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
P Victoria Cross Paving Stone, War Memorial, Maxwelltown, Dumfries, Dumfries&Galloway, Scotland
P Victoria Cross Memorial, York Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
P VC Obelisk, Military Heritage Park, Barrie, Ontario, Canada
By The Way…
He left Scotland and emigrated to Canada and became a civil engineer
VC Held By
Glenbow Museum, 130 - 9th Avenue SE, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
BORN 27 May 1886
DIED 11 August 1918 AGE 32
VC Won 8-11 August 1918 AGE 32
Place VC Won Beaucort Wood, Amiens, France
War/Campaign First World War 1918
