Doug Lewis Posted 10 February , 2004 Share Posted 10 February , 2004 Remembering today James Philip Wark 70859 Royal Flying Corps who died aged 24 on10/2/18. Name: WARK, JAMES PHILIP Initials: J P Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Airman 2nd Class Regiment: Royal Flying Corps Age: 24 Date of Death: 10/02/1918 Service No: 70859 Additional information: Son of Harry and Margaret C. Wark, of Minto, Manitoba Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: L. 10. R. 13. B. E. Cemetery: RICHMOND (ST. ANNE'S) CEMETERY Cemetery Details Cemetery: RICHMOND (ST. ANNE'S) CEMETERY Country: Canada Locality: Quebec No. of Identified Casualties: 3 Regards Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Denham Posted 10 February , 2004 Share Posted 10 February , 2004 James Philip WARK died of scarlet fever according to "Airmen Died..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christine liava'a Posted 10 February , 2004 Share Posted 10 February , 2004 Here he is in the 1906 Census of Canada 1906 Census of Canada - Manitoba - District #9 (Souris) - Subdistrict 15, page 16 H'hold Line Surname Name Rel.to Head of H'hold Sex Marital Status Age Birth Place Year Immig'd Post Office Sec Twp Range Meridian 127 18 Wark Harry H M M 56 ON " 20 5 19 W 19 " Margaret W F M 40 QC " 20 " Ida D F S 14 MB " 21 " James S M S 12 " " 22 " Kate D F S 10 " " 23 " Nellie " F S 8 " " 24 " Annie " F S 6 " " 25 " Lily " F S 6 " " 26 " Jennie " F S Apr 11 ? " " 27 " James Fa M W 95 IRL 1840 " From this, it was his grandfather James, aged 95 in 1906, who had immigrated to Canada from Ireland, in 1840. Everyone else in the family had been born in Canada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christine liava'a Posted 10 February , 2004 Share Posted 10 February , 2004 For those like me who don't know where places are in Canada. this is Manitoba. Souris district is down in the bottom left corner. So what was he doing in Quebec province? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christine liava'a Posted 10 February , 2004 Share Posted 10 February , 2004 James Philip Wark is not listed in the Canadian Military Files, so must have enlisted directly into the RFC Here is his entry in the Canadian Book of Remembrance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolphin Posted 10 February , 2004 Share Posted 10 February , 2004 There was a considerable RFC establishment in Canada for the enlistment and training of airmen, both Canadians and volunteers from the USA. Canada was divided into five recruiting districts, with headquarters in Halifax, Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg and Vancouver. Perhaps AM Wark was attached to the Montreal office. Flying training was carried out by Nos 42, 43 and 44 Wings. An obvious question is: how did they manage to train in open cockpit aircraft in winter? After the US declaration of war, the hazards of the Canadian winter were overcome by moving the training down to Texas. See SF Wise's "Canadian Airmen and the First World War". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CHERYL22 Posted 12 February , 2007 Share Posted 12 February , 2007 For those like me who don't know where places are in Canada. this is Manitoba. Souris district is down in the bottom left corner. So what was he doing in Quebec province? James Philip Wark's mother Margaret Caroline Lyster was from Quebec, both of James parents are buried there at Richmond, Quebec. Cheryl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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