Source: September War Diary entry for the 9th. Arrived as reinforcement with Lieut. J. McHardy.
Family Search: Lieutenant James Irons was born on 2 July 1878, in Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom. He married Ada Farrow on 9 October 1899, in West Ham, Essex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He immigrated to Canada in 1913 and lived in Leyton, Essex, England, United Kingdom in 1901 and London, Ontario, Canada in 1914. He registered for military service in 1914. In 1914, at the age of 36, his occupation is listed as carpenter in London, Ontario, Canada. He died on 10 March 1941, in London, Ontario, Canada West, British Colonial America, at the age of 62, and was buried in Woodland Cemetery, London, Ontario, Canada.
Pension Records per Allan Miller via 18th Battalion Facebook Group.
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Was a sniper according to a London Advertiser article interview of Sergeant M.H. Lee relating those who were in his sniping platoon.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 