BORN HULL 1887. SON OF WILLIAM JAMES & ADA JACKSON, OF 55 WELLINGTON LANE, HULL. A HULL TEACHER. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 04/09/1914. HE MARRIED ON 09/09/1915. WIFE ALICE STACEY JACKSON LIVED AT 27 , NEWSTEAD STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS).
SERVED AS PRIVATE, 10/626, WITH ‘B’ COMPANY OF THE 10TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. SERVED IN EGYPT FROM 15/12/1915. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 08/03/1916. WOUNDED AT THE SOMME, ON 01/07/1916. HE WAS AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT BADGE ON 04/09/1916. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 22/11/1916, AGED 29. HIS WIFE, ALICE, WAS AWARDED A WEEKLY PENSION OF 13 SHILLINGS AND NINE PENCE ON 04/06/1917.
HE IS BURIED AT SAILLY-AU-BOIS MILITARY CEMETERY, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE
First name:
WILLIAM JAMES
Military Number:
10/626
Rank:
Private
Date Died
22/11/1916
Place died:
Sailly-Au-Bois Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
29
27 , NEWSTEAD STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
