James Bow Watters (1889 - 1918)

James Watters was born in Scotland and was a miner in Atlin, British Columbia when he enlisted to fight in the First World War.¹⁾ He was a private in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Yukon Infantry Company on January 24, 1917.²⁾ His name is engraved into the stone base of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial in France. The memorial honours those Canadian soldiers who have no known grave.³⁾