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Pte. James Wheat
British Army 4th Battalion, D Company. Kings Royal Rifle Corps
from:Coventry
(d.6th Nov 1918)
James Wheat is my Great Uncle. He joined D Company 4th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps on 12th December 1914. I have no knowledge of his movements during the war. Having survived whatever the Great War threw at him over four years, he died aged just 24 and unmarried on 6th November 1918, just five days before the Armistice. I don't know where he fell, but he is buried in the British Cemetery, Premont, Anise, France (Grave III.B.12).
His elder brother, William, fought with the 9th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Again I have no knowledge of his movements during the war. He fell in action aged 27 on 21st March 1918, leaving behind his young wife, Sarah of 164, Station St. East, Coventry. He died on the first day of the so called Advance to Victory. His body was never found, but his name is commemorated on Panels 61 to 64 the Pozieres Memorial, Somme
They were the sons of James and Ellen Wheat, of 24, Princess St., Coventry.
