Family Search: When Private James William Bryson was born on 30 April 1885, in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Bryson, was 36 and his mother, Isabella Bryson, was 36. He immigrated to Canada in 1922 and lived in Bootle St Mary, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years and Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada in 1921. He registered for military service in 1914. In 1914, at the age of 29, his occupation is listed as auto maker. He died on 16 September 1967, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 82, and was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Awarded Military Medal. The London Gazette. Publication date: 6 July 1917. Supplement: 30172. Page: 6840.
Wounded in the head and invalided to Canada.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 
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