Source: Internet
Family Search: Private Frederick Jamieson was born on 20 September 1894, in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom as the son of Father Jamieson and Mother Jamieson. He immigrated to Canada in 1913. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 21, his occupation is listed as farmer in Cheltenham, Peel, Ontario, Canada. He died on 8 August 1918, in Amiens, Somme, France, at the age of 23, and was buried in Vimy, Pas-de-Calais, France.
Private Frederick “Fred” Jameson. Regimental no. 775506.
This man enlisted with the 126th Overseas Battalion at Brampton, Ontario on 3 December 1915. He was a farm labourer by trade and had no prior military experience.
He embarked at Halifax, Nova Scotia, for England on 14 August 1916, arriving at Liverpool on the 24th aboard the SS Empress of Britain.
He was transferred to the 116th on 15 October 1916 and was moved to Bramshott Camp. He was then transferred to the 18th Battalion and arrived at the Canadian Base Depot, Harve on 29 November 1916, and arrived “in the field” with the 18th Battalion on 3 December 1916.
Granted 14-day leave on 17 December 1917, he went to England and returned.
On 8 August 1918, Private Jameson was posted as “wounded”, but that status was changed to “wounded and missing” until it was determined he had been killed in action.
He has no known burial location and is memorialized at the Vimy Memorial.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 