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Pte. James McAllister

British Army 11th Battalion Durham Light Infantry

from:Jarrow

(d.20th Dec 1916)

James McAllister served with the 11th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, he was aged 28 when died on 20th December 1916. Born in Jarrow in 1888, he was the son of Mary McAllister (nee Whelan) and the late William McAllister of Clyde Street Jarrow and husband of Agnes McAllister (nee Christenson) of 41 Russell Street Jarrow. On the 1911 census James McAllister age 22 Clothier Wholesale is listed as living with his parents William and Mary McAllister and family at 45 Clyde Street, Jarrow . He enlisted in Jarrow.

James is buried in Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte. He was commemorated on the Triptych (left panel) in St. Mark's Church Jarrow (it is no longer a Church)



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