Born Sigglesthorne, Hull, 1898. Son of Thomas Londesborough (1866-1956) and Kate Bemrose (1870-1936), of Rose Cottage (1911 Census) & Oban House, Seaton, Hull (War Pension address). Son of a farm foreman. He had five brothers and two sisters.
He enlisted in Hull served with the 8th West Yorkshire Regiment. Was killed at Passchendaele, on 09/10/1917, aged 19. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial to the missing.
His brother, Private, 86487, Tom Londesborough, Northumberland Fusiliers, died on 06/02/1919, aged 22. They are both commemorated on the Sigglesthorne ww1 Memorial, where 75 men served and eleven died in WW1.
Their war parents went to their parents, Thomas and Kate.
First name:
JAMES WILLIAM
Military Number:
39586
Rank:
PRIVATE
Date Died
09/10/1917
Place died:
Tyne Cot, Belgium
Age:
19
