BORN HULL 1898. ONLY SON OF ADA BLANCHE DIXON, AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. EMPLOYED AS A LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 04/09/1915. DRAFTED TO FRANCE, ON 25/02/1916. KILLED IN ACTION ON 08/07/1916, AGED 19. HE HAD SERVED FOR 309 DAYS. HIS MOTHER RECEIVED A WEEKLY PENSION OF 3 SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE FOR THE LOSS OF HER SON.
COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING. HE LEFT FIVE YOUNGER SISTERS AT THIS ADDRESS – GERTRUDE, JESSIE, HILDA, BLANCHE AND ANNIE.
First name:
JAMES
Regiment:
Military Number:
19898
Rank:
Private
Date Died
08/07/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
19
