The First World War
Officers of The Royal Canadian Regiment
Lieut James Ballantyne, M.C.
Soldiers of the First World War database entry - J. Ballantyne
Service:
- Prior service with the 19th Dragoons (Alberta Dragoons)
- Enlisted in the CEF, as a Sergeant, 8 Dec 1915, with the 5th University Company. Regimental number 487352
- Cpl; 20 Sep 1916
- Pte; 26 Sep 1916 (many soldiers voluntarily acepted a reduction in rank to Private to join a draft heading to France)
- Joined PPCLI in the field 16 Oct 1916
- Sgt; 16 Mar 1917
- Commissioned, Lieutenant, 24 May 1917
- Joined RCR 24 May 1917
- Wounded in action and at duty (accidental) 15 Sep 1917
- Granted 10 days leave to the U.K. 28 Oct - 10 Nov 1917
- Granted 10 days leave to the U.K. 20 Jan 1918
- Stuck off Strength (S.O.S.) B.E.F. 26 Feb 1918 being still unfit to return to Unit
- Detached to N.S.R.D. 26 Feb 1918
- Ceased to be detached to N.S.R.D. on return to France 29 May 1918
- Joined The R.C.R. from CCRC 17 Jul 1918
M.C. Citation:
[Gazetted] SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 1 JANUARY, 1919. Issue number: 31092, Page number: 31 - Lt. James Ballantyne, R. Can. R., Nov. Sco. R. - (Citation not found.)
Date of Birth - 16 Jan 1892; Uddingston, Scotland
- The O'Leary Collection; Medals of The Royal Canadian Regiment.
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Officers
RSMs of The RCR (1914-1919)
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An Officer's Diary (1914-1918)
Recollections of a Nonagenerian (R. England) (1916-1919)
On to Bermuda (1914-15)
England and France 1915-1916 (Hayes; 1931)
Overseas with The Royals (1915)
Regimental History Pamphlet (1917)
Amiens (1918)
Cambrai (1918)
Monchy-le-Preux (1918)
Under-aged Soldiers in The RCR
Not All Were Volunteers; The RCR and the Military Service Act
Sentenced to Death by Court Martial
The 7th Trench Mortar Battery
A Regimental Goat
Regiment and Family, Bermuda 1914-15
"March the Guilty Bastard In"
Surrendered as Stowaway
Re-Visiting the Great War Roll of Honour for The RCR
Canadian Corps Trench Standing Orders (1916)
