James MM, CDG, Alfred

Sgt, Alfred James, MM, CDG, Royal Field Artillery

BORN HULL 1891. SON OF JAMES & MARY ELIZABETH (TASKER),OF 12, NORTH CHURCH SIDE, LOWGATE, HULL AND 9, CAROLINE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).

HE ENLISTED IN SEPTEMBER 1914. BEFORE JOINING, HE WORKED AS A LABOURER ON HULL FISH DOCK. HIS FIANCEE ELSIE LIVED SCARBOROUGH (HULL DAILY MAIL, 04/11/1918).

HE SERVED AS SERGEANT, 756158, OF THE 251ST ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 20/04/1915. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/10/1918, AGED 26.

HE WAS AWARDED THE CROIX DE GUERRE (CDG) WITH GOLD STAR (FRANCE) & THE MILITARY MEDAL (MM), “FOR GALLANTRY AND DEVOTION TO DUTY.”

HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 6TH NOVEMBER 1918, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. * HE LEFT SIBLINGS, FRANCIS, JOHN, HARRY AND MADELINE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, MARY.
HIS NAME WAS LISTED ON THE HULL BOYS CLUB MEMORIAL, ROPER STREET.

HE IS BURIED AT FOREST COMMUNAL CEMETERY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY”


First name:
ALFRED
Military Number:
756158
Rank:
Sergeant
Date Died
27/10/1918
Place died:
Forest Communal Cemetery, Nord, France
Age:
26
12 NORTH CHURCH SIDE, LOWGATE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK