BORN HULL 1878. AN ORPHAN. PARENTS UNKNOWN. HE HAD A BROTHER, JOHN AND SISTER, FLORRIE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 11/05/1915. HE MARRIED ON 04/07/1915. HIS WIFE EDITH SELINA BISSICK (1882-1972) AND 5 CHILDREN, LIVED AT 4 PROVIDENCE TERRACE, EASTBOURNE STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS).
HE SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 23/07/1916. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 25/09/1916, AGED 38. HE IS BURIED ON THE SOMME. HIS WEEKLY WAR PENSION OF 31 SHILLINGS AND 5 PENCE WENT TO HIS WIDOW, EDITH, AND THEIR FIVE CHILDREN. THEY LATER MOVED TO 238 KING EDWARDS STREET, GRIMSBY.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 17/11/1916 & 28/10/1916.
First name:
JAMES
Regiment:
Military Number:
27820
Rank:
Private
Date Died
25/09/1916
Place died:
Guards' Cemetery, Lesboeufs, Somme, France
Age:
38
4 PROVIDENCE TERRACE, EASTBOURNE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
