Source: Per reg. no. 54273 C.S.M. Allen Service record.
Family Search: When Private James Handyside was born on 2 October 1890, in Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, James Handyside, was 29 and his mother, Isabella Horsburgh, was 28. He had at least 2 sons with Annie Ellen Cole. He immigrated to Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1913 and lived in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States for about 3 years. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 25, his occupation is listed as hardware storeman in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. He died on 8 July 1977, in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 86, and was buried in Victoria Memorial Gardens, Oldcastle, Essex, Ontario, Canada.
See article “Tattoos on the Grampian” for a reference to this soldier.
25 May 1965, Tue ·Page 5.
HANDYSIDE – James, 86 yrs., July 8, 1977 at his late residence, 2558 George Ave. Beloved husband of the late Anne Handyside (1964). Dear father of James S. Handyside, Sarnia; Richard E. Jahnke, Van Nuys, Cal. Dear grandfather of Mary Katherine, James Robert, Thomas Ian and Amy Therese. Mr. Handyside was a member of the original 18th Battalion, Dominion President of the 18th Battalion Association, charter member of the Veteran’s Graves Committee, President of the War Pensioner’s Association, member of Branch 12, Royal Canadian Legion and Men’s Cribbage League of Branch 12. Funeral service in the chapel of the Walter D. Kelly Funeral Home, 1969 Wyandotte St. E., Tuesday, July 12, 1977 at 11 a.m. Canon Paul F. Chidwick officiating. Interment in Victoria Memorial Cemetery. A Legion service will be held Monday evening at 7:30 p.m., auspices of Branch 12 Royal Canadian Legion and members of the 18th Battalion.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 