Source: Gathering Our Heroes
Family Search: When Captain James Nathan Mowbray was born on 16 May 1878, in Howard, Kent, Ontario, Canada, his father, William Mowbray, was 37 and his mother, Christina MacFarlane, was 30. He married Ethel Emily Taylor in November 1927, in England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He immigrated to New York City, New York, United States in 1939 and lived in Thamesville, Kent, Ontario, Canada in 1916 and Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom in 1922. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1941, at the age of 63, his occupation is listed as director, british sugar corporation in Northwood, London, England, United Kingdom. He died on 22 October 1941, in Northwood, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 63, and was buried in Northwood Cemetery, Northwood, London, England, United Kingdom.
“Just to mention one interesting item, Mr. Alex McMillan called at the Mowbray home one Thursday morning and upon being told by Mrs. Mowbray that she had just received a letter from her son, Captain James N. Mowbray, who was then in France, saying that the weather was very bad and that a great many of the men needed socks, in fact the whole company needed socks. Mr. McMillan at once contacted some of the ladies in the community informing them of the need. No doubt the ladies had been knitting and had some pairs in reserve for just such an emergency. However, every knitter got busy and the following Tuesday, they shipped 240 – 250 pairs of socks to him.”
Tilbury Times, Thursday
22 November, 1917.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 