BORN BEVERLEY 1893. SON OF MRS KAVENEY, THIS ADDRESS. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE QUARTERMASTER SERGEANT KAVENEY WHO SERVED 21 YEARS WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT AND RECEIVED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL. JAMES ENLISTED AT WHITEHALL, LONDON. HE WAS A REGULAR ARMY SOLDIER. SERVED EIGHT YEARS BEFORE BEING KILLED IN ACTION, ON 28/10/1914, AT THE AGE OF 22. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS BROTHER, TERRENCE.
HIS DEATH IS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH ON 27TH NOVEMBER 1914. * ALSO IN THE HULL TIMES, ON 21ST NOVEMBER 1914, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH.
HIS NAME WAS RECORDED ON THE WAR MEMORIAL AT ST THOMAS CHURCH, CAMPBELL STREET, WHICH WAS DESTROYED IN AN AIR RAID DURING WW2.
HE DIED ON THE SAME DAY WITH PRIVATES, JOHN THOMPSON AND GEORGE CRAVEN OF THE 1ST EYR, FROM THE SAME WALKER STREET AREA.
