BORN HULL 1898. SON OF HELMSLEY LAMPLOUGH JEWITT (1859-1934) AND SARAH ANN LONGDEN (1864-1910). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A BRASS MOULDER. HIS ARMY ADDRESS WAS 3 STRICKLAND STREET, HULL WHERE HE LIVED WITH HIS FATHER AND STEP MOTHER, ELIZABETH ELLEN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 16/06/1916. HIS ARMY MEDICAL RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM AS 5 FOOT, 11.5 INCHES TALL, 37 INCH CHEST, BROWN HAIR AND BROWN EYES. POSTED TO FRANCE ON 23/08/1918. HE SERVED AS PRIVATE, 39701, 1ST BATTALION, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 25/10/1918, AGED 20.
IS BURIED AT AMERVAL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SOLESMES, NORD, FRANCE. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER. HE LEFT BEST FRIEND BOB & BROTHER CHARLIE (IN BARROW).
First name:
JAMES
Regiment:
Military Number:
39701
Rank:
Private
Date Died
25/10/1918
Place died:
AMERVAL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SOLESMES, NORD, FRANCE
Age:
20
3 , STRICKLAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
