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Pte. James Daynes
British Army 8th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment
(d.18th Oct 1917)
James Daynes served with the 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment during WW1 and was killed in action on the 18th October 1917, aged 29. He is buried in Hooge Crater Cemetery in Belgium.
I was told by my Grandmother, Eva Whittaker, nee Daynes, that James was acting as a stretcher bearer at the time of his death, recovering the wounded from no mans land when he was shot by a German sniper. He died instantly of his wound.
His family had a memorial silk bookmark made with the following dedication:
- There on the field of battle
- He bravely took his place.
- He fought and died for England
- And the honour of his race.
- He sleeps not in his native land
- But 'neath the foreign skies
- Far from those who loved him best
- In a hero's grave he lies.
Deeply mourned by his mother, sister, and brothers.
