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    James Glenie

    James Glenie, army officer, politician (b at Fife, Scot 1750; d at London, Eng 23 Nov 1817). After service in Québec during the AMERICAN REVOLUTION Glenie resigned his army commission and settled in New Brunswick (1787).

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    James Howden MacBrien

    James Howden MacBrien, soldier, policeman (b at Port Perry, Ont 30 June 1878; d at Toronto 5 Mar 1938). MacBrien served in the militia, the North-West Mounted Police and then the South African Constabulary 1901-06.

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    James MacBraire

    James MacBraire, soldier, merchant, shipowner, justice of the peace (b at Enniscorthy, Wexford, Ire 1760; d at Berwick on Tweed, Eng 24 Mar 1832). He is first recorded in Harbour Grace, Nfld, in the 1780s working as a clerk for a Bristol firm engaged in the cod fishery.

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    James Sutherland Brown

    James Sutherland Brown, "Buster," soldier (b at Simcoe, Ont 28 Jun 1881; d at Victoria 13 Apr 1951). Brown joined the militia in 1896, transferred to the Royal Canadian Regiment in 1906, and served in a number of staff appointments overseas during WWI.

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    James Wolfe

    James Wolfe, British army officer (born 2 January 1727 in Westerham, Kent, England; died 13 September 1759 near Quebec City). Wolfe fought in the War of the Austrian Succession, the suppression of the Jacobite Rebellion and the Seven Years’ War. He is best known for his role in the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in 1759. Both Wolfe and his opponent, Louis-Joseph, Marquis de Montcalm, died from wounds sustained during the battle. The British victory was a turning point in the Seven Years’ War, leading to the capture of Montreal in 1760 and the acquisition of Canada by Britain in 1763.

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    Jean-François Du Verger de Verville

    Jean-François Du Verger de Verville, military engineer (b at Paris, France c 1670-75; d at Valenciennes or Paris, France 1729).

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    Jean Victor Allard

    Jean Victor Allard, soldier (b at Saint-Monique de Nicolet, Qué 12 June 1913 - d at Trois-Rivières, Qué, April 23 1996).

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    Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst

    Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, British army officer (born 29 January 1717 near Sevenoaks, England; died 3 August 1797 near Sevenoaks). Jeffery Amherst was the commander-in-chief of British forces in North America during the Seven Years' War, which saw France surrender Canada to the British. Several streets and towns in North America — including Amherst, Nova Scotia, and Amherstburg, Ontario — were named in his honour. However, Amherst’s legacy is controversial, given his policy towards Indigenous peoples. This included his suggestion in 1763 to deliberately infect Indigenous peoples with smallpox during Pontiac’s War. In 2019, Montreal’s Amherst Street was renamed Atateken Street; Atateken means “brothers and sisters” in Kanien'kéha, the Mohawk language.

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    Jess Larochelle

    Jess Larochelle, soldier (born 10 November 1982 in Restoule, Ontario; died 30 August 2023 near Nipissing, Ontario). Private Jess Larochelle was a member of the 1st Battalion Royal Canadian Regiment. In 2007, he received the Star of Military Valour for his bravery during an engagement with Taliban fighters in Afghanistan. Since September 2021, there has been a campaign to award Larochelle the Canadian Victoria Cross.

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    Jocelyn (Joe) Paul

    Jocelyn Joseph Jean-Marie (Joe) Paul, infantry officer, general, army commander (born 28 July 1966 in Wendake, QC). A member of the Huron-Wendat First Nation, Paul is the first Indigenous officer to be appointed as Commander of the Canadian Army.

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    Joel Pedersen

    Joel Nathan Pedersen, MMM, CD, soldier, police officer, entrepreneur, volunteer (born 3 February 1970 in Saskatoon, SK). Joel Pedersen is a member of the Fond du Lac First Nation and has close family connections to the Mikisew Cree Nation and Métis Nation—Saskatchewan. During a full-time civilian career, he also served in the Army Reserve. Pedersen attained the highest non-commissioned rank of chief warrant officer and became the first member of a First Nation to become a brigade group sergeant major in the Canadian Armed Forces.

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    John Baskerville Glegg

    John Baskerville (sometimes spelled Baskervyle) Glegg, soldier, military figure in the WAR OF 1812 (b Cheshire, Eng, 1773; d 1861). John Glegg was the second son in a landed family of Thurstaston Hall.

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    John Bernard Croak

    John Bernard Croak, VC, coal miner, soldier (born 18 May 1892 in Little Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador; died 8 August 1918 near Amiens, France). During the First World War, Croak was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross (VC) for his heroic actions during the Battle of Amiens.

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    John Burgoyne

    John Burgoyne, army officer (b in Eng 1722; d at London, Eng 3 Aug 1792). A distinguished cavalry officer and public figure, Burgoyne arrived in Québec in 1776 with large reinforcements, and served during the successful campaign of that year.

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    John Edwards Leckie

    John Edwards Leckie, "Jack," soldier, mining engineer, explorer (b at Acton-Vale, Qué 19 Feb 1872; d at Port Hope, Ont 7 Aug 1950). He was best known for engineering and research work around Hudson Bay. Leckie was educated at Bishop's, Royal Military College, and King's College.

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