James McNicol

1894 - 1916  (22 years)

• Name	James McNicol
  Born	2 Mar 1894	Glasgow, , Lanark, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Honoured	McNichol Dr., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	McNichol Drive named in his honour
  Military	WW1
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-66889
  Died	15 Sep 1916	, France   [1]
  Buried	Vimy Memorial, , Pas De Calais, France   [1]
  Person ID	I66889	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Alexander Caddel McNicol,   b. 7 Sep 1855, Calton, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland ,   d. 19 Feb 1917, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Annie Kay,   b. 1855, Glasgow, , Lanark, Scotland ,   d. 23 Oct 1918, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F17454	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Unimaginable grief' when two mothers lose four sons Ten local soldiers were killed 100 years ago, capturing a ruined French village on the Western Front. It was among the bloodiest days this community endured in the First World War and it happened Sept. 15, 1916, at the Somme battlefield. The telegrams reached home three weeks later. Two mothers suffered the most. Harriet Carthy learned that her son Percy was killed in action. That's after his brother Eric was killed in an earlier skirmish. Annie McNicol learned that her son James was killed in action. That's after his brother Alexander died of his wounds following an earlier skirmish. Percy and James climbed out of the trenches at 6: 24 a.m. They were in the first wave to attack the German front line, aiming for the ruins of Courcelette. James, 22, checked train cars before he enlisted. He was a cheerful man who played in the battalion band. "I knew there was something wrong," Annie said, absorbing the terrible news. She hadn't received a letter from her son in three weeks.... 'Unimaginable grief' when two mothers lose four sons. (2016). Therecord.com. Retrieved 15 September 2016, from https://www.therecord.com/news-story/6858427--unimaginable-grief-when-two-mothers-lose-four-sons/

  
  

• Sources

  [S122] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Mount View CC#4495 Internet Link . South: Alex C. McNicol/ wounded/ Battle of Ypes/ June 13, 1916/ died June 21, 1916/ Bugler J. McNicol/ killed in action/ Battle of Somme/ Sept. 15, 1916

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 2 Mar 1894 - Glasgow, , Lanark, Scotland Honoured - McNichol Drive named in his honour - - McNichol Dr., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 15 Sep 1916 - , France Buried - - Vimy Memorial, , Pas De Calais, France  = Link to Google Earth