Commemorated: | |||
Awards & Titles: | British War Medal | ||
Family :
[Royal Standard Lodge:] James Armstrong was born on 25 December 1893 in Strathroy Ontario, and is the son of William F. Armstrong and Sarah Jane Styles. He was Presbyterian, an upholsterer and he joined the Canadian Army in Strathroy on 28 July 1916. He was married to Annie – 129 Dovercourt Rd, Toronto.Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 135th Battalion, CEF |
| Action : Natural Causes |
Natural causes is attributed those deaths due to causes that were not directly associated with the war. Included in this are wartime deaths resulting from, for example, theSpanish Influenza pandemic and its associated pneumonia problems and other attributions such as age and exhaustion. It also groups those who through Post Traumatic Stress committed suicide as a result of their experiences.
Detail :
803226, Private James Harvey Armstrong, 135th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force.
Died of Illness: 25 August 1916, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Buried: Strathroy Cemetery, Strathroy, Ontario
He suffered with Pneumonia for nine days before dying in Halifax on 25 August 1916, just prior to the Battalion leaving for overseas.
He was awarded the British War Medal.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Royal Standard No. 398 E.C. | Montreal & Halifax |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
- | - | - |
The names of those brethren who fell are taken from the monument formerly located in the foyer of the Masonic Hall on Barrington Street, which now resides in the banquet room of the Masonic Hall on Coronation Avenue in Halifax, NS. A masonic Symbol and Battalion badge are both on his grave site. (He is referred to as “John David Armstrong” on the Halifax Freemason’s Hall memorial).
James, unfortunately, cannot be found in the ledger at the United Grand Lodge of England. Given the history above, it can only be surmised that James died within the year in which he was initiated and therefore not included in the Lodge returns, and dues for that year. Given that he was 22 years of age, he could only have been initiated in 1915 or 1916.
[Royal Standard Lodge:] His Masonic funeral was conducted by the brethren of Beaver Lodge No 83, G.R.C., in Strathroy, Ontario, Canada and he had been a full member of Rochester Lodge No 660 A.& A.M., Rochester, New York State, United States of America, which was where he was living and employed.
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley