Source: 18th Battalion Association Memorial Booklet and Awards.
Find-A-Grave
Family Search: When Private James Loveridge was born on 1 October 1898, in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William J. Loveridge, was 32 and his mother, Susanna Stevens, was 30. He married Gertrude Elizabeth Burke on 9 July 1921, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He immigrated to Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada in 1906 and lived in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada for about 5 years and Scarborough Settlement, York, Ontario, Canada in 1949. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 18, his occupation is listed as labourer in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada. He died on 21 August 1949, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 50, and was buried in Pine Hills Cemetery, Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Citation
770045 Pte. J. Loveridge, Infy.
This man did valuable work as a stretcher-bearer. His courage and initiative saved many lives, and he set a fine example to his comrades.
The London Gazette
Publication date: 12 November 1918 Supplement: 31011 Page: 13464
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 