Alternate name(s):
Jimmy Shapcotte
Nickname:
Jim; Jimmy
Date of Birth:
circa 11 Oct 1881
Marital status:
married to Elizabeth
Children:
2
Profession:
boilermaker; gardener
Hometown(s):
Mount Dennis, Ontario; Toronto, Ontario; Bristol, England
Date of Immigration to Canada:
1912, 1920
Prior military experience:
Served with the Royal Navy in World War I, 1915-1919, as a Chief Petty Officer
Final status:
Sick August 1937; Hospitalized at Castellego Hospital; Returned to Canada 15 September 1937; Survived
Other:
Smith in HC notes that he visited Shapcott in a hospital in Spain, Shapcott was 57 years old, which suggests he was born around 1880. Likely the oldest Canadian volunteer.
Sources:
HC; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 569, ll. 17, 19 (ver ar gen can/amer); Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry
