BORN HULL 1897. SON OF MR GERVAIS & CAROLINE GORWOOD AT CWGC ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN FRANCE WITH THE 23RD NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS (SCOTTISH) REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 14/07/1917, AGED 20. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY PENSION WAS LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, CAROLINE.
BURIED AT HARGICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, AISNE, FRANCE. HE WAS THE ONLY GORWOOD TO DIED IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR.
First name:
JAMES ARTHUR
Military Number:
37948
Rank:
Private
Date Died
14/07/1917
Place died:
Hargicourt British Cemetery, Aisne, France
Age:
20
