BORN LEEDS 1878. RESIDED IN HULL. SON OF ELI & HANNAH AT 65 COPLEY STREET, LEEDS. FIFTH OF SIX CHILDREN. A HAIRDRESSER BY TRADE.
HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 08/03/1917, AGED 39. HE IS BURIED AT BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “UNTIL THE DAY BREAK”.
Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE JAMES WILLIAM EDDISON 11/1154. Born in January 1878, James was was the fifth of six children to Eli and Hannah Eddison of 65 Copley Street, Armley, Leeds. A Hairdresser by trade, James was a good bit older than most of the other volunteers and was perhaps lured by one last chance of adventure as much as he was by the call of King and Country. I’m speculating of course. James travelled to Hull to enlist and joined the 11th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, ‘The Tradesmen’, 2nd Hull Pals. James was wounded in the fighting following the German withdrawal to the Hindenburg Line and evacuated to the hospital centre at Boulogne where he died of wounds on 8th March 1917. He is buried at Boulogne Eastern Cemetery; he was 39 years old.
| Name | James Eddison |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Leeds |
| Death Date | 8 Mar 1917 |
| Death Place | France and Flanders |
| Enlistment Place | Hull |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | East Yorkshire Regiment |
| Battalion | 11th Battalion |
| Regimental Number | 11/1154 |
| Type of Casualty | Died of wounds |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
