SOLDIERS OF THE SOUTH SIMILKAMEEN
Researchers:
Jennifer Douglass &
Andy English
James Albert Edward Anglin
Service No. K69442
Born: June 9, 1903, Bridgewater, Somerset, England
Died: June 6, 1944, Juno Beach, France
Son of Thomas & Anne Anglin
Husband to Norah K. (Howard) Anglin, Vancouver
Private - Canadian Scottish Regiment
“Ad Maior Dei Gloria”
Resting Place:
Bretteville-Sur-Laize, Canadian War Cemetary
Calvados, France
James was born March 9, 1903 in Bridgewater, Somerset, England, to Thomas and Ann Anglin. The youngest of 7 children, James came from a family committed to military service. Three of his older brothers, John, Michael & Denis all gave their lives at Flanders in France during the First World War. His brother Thomas served in the Royal Marines from 1918 to his retirement as Captain after the Second World War.
The Canadian National Railway had an agreement with the Canadian Government to encourage immigration to the less populated areas and James came to Canada under that agreement May of 1928.
By 1932, James was employed in Hedley at the Kelowna Exploration Co as a mill worker. He was previously employed by the Powell River Co and it is also believed he had some earlier employment as a school teacher, although no more is known at this time.
On October 30, 1942, James enlisted at Vancouver, into the Canadian Scottish Regiment of the Royal Canadian Infantry Corp (RCIC). At the time of his enlistment, he was married to Norah Kathleen Howard, then a resident of Vancouver.
Pte. Anglin went into action on June 6, 1944, and was killed immediately on Juno Beach during the D-Day invasion. Not to die in vain, it is good to know his regiment was on the far right of the beach and captured all of their objectives. Pte. Anglin was one of 359 Canadian killed in Normandy and one of 22 men killed from the Canadian Scottish Regiment just on D-Day. He was the third oldest Canadian to die at Normandy, at the age of 41.
He is commomorated on the Power River Cenotaph, as well as on the Hedley Cenotaph.
Pte. James Anglin is buried in the Bretteville-Sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, Cintheaux, France.
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