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Sgt. Joseph Jameison
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:West Stanley
(d.1st July 1916)
Joseph Jamison took part in the trench raid on the night of the 25th-26th June 1916. He is buried in Gordon Dump Cemetery
RSM. Albert Owen James MSM.
British Army 11th Btn. Army Cyclist Corps
from:Tredegar, South Wales
RSM Bert James MSM was my grandfather and was taken prisoner in Italy during the First World War. He was senior NCO at the Cottbus POW camp and I am seeking more information on his battalion.
Pte. Alexander Fowler James
British Army 71st Field Amb. Royal Army Medical Corps.
from:Edinburgh.
(d.7th Jun 1917)
Sapper Benjamin James
British Army. 171st Tunnelling Company Royal Engineers
from:Seven Sisters, Glamorgan
(d.2nd July 1915)
Benjamin is not a relative of mine, I am researching family history, his widow is my wife's grandmother, who re-married in 1919. At the time of Benjamin's death his wife was left with three young children.
Spr. Benjamin James
British Army 171st Tunnelling Company Royal Engineers
from:Seven Sisters, Glamorgan
(d.2nd July 1915)
Benjamin James' widow is my wife's grandmother, who re-married in 1919. At the time of Benjamin's death his wife was left with three young children.
Pte. Charles Samuel James
British Army 13th Btn. Royal Fusiliers
from:Teddington, Middlesex
(d.23rd April 1917)
My great great uncle Samuel James died during the First World War and is buried in France in a war cemetery, Chili Trench. His name is also listed on the war memorial in Teddington, Middlesex.
L/Cpl. D. J. James
British Army 2nd Battalion, B Coy. London Regiment
L/Cpl D J James of B Coy, 2nd Londons was wounded in November 1915.
Sapper David John James
British Army 171st Tunnelling Company Royal Engineers
from:New Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Wales.
(d.28th Dec 1917)
This man was not a relative of mine, but I am a medal collector and I have his three 1st WW medals, plus memorial plaque and scroll in an old frame, together with his picture. I have recently purchased these. I have over 60 pages of documents on his army career.
Pte. Emrys Penaur "Taffy" James
British Army Welsh Regiment
from:Pontypridd, Wales
Pte. Ernest Alfred James
British Army 7th Btn. Royal Sussex Regiment
from:Brighton
(d.18th May 1918)
Ernest James enlisted in mid-July 1915 into the 12th Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment at the age of 39. He was wounded at the Battle of Boars Head on 30th of June 1916. He returned later firstly to the 8th Battalion and then the 9th.
On 5th of April 1918 on the Somme he was shot in the chest and captured as a POW. He was taken to a military hospital at Vallancienes, where he died of his wounds 18th May 1918. He left a wife and 3 children. The youngest aged 6.
Lt. Francis Trevor James MC.
British Army 466th (North Midland) Field Company Royal Engineers
from:Swansea
I remember my Grandmother kept a citation on her dressing table. I read it when I was very young and knew it was important. When Gran died my father was very upset because the citation went missing along with the medal it referred to - my cousins lived locally and had stripped the house..... Recently my brother discovered a dog tag and it turned out to belong to Trevor James, Bampy (as we called him) I did some research and discovered Bampy won the Military Cross and details were published in The Gazette.
Gazette issue 31480 7/29/1919. Military Cross; "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during the crossing of the St Quentin Canal, near Bellenglise, on September 29th, 1918. Though early stunned by the blast of a shell, he got to the canal in time to supervise the repairing of bridges for the infantry. He afterwards took charge of the repair of a demolished heavy bridge, and made it passable for artillery, under shell and machine-gun fire. His fine example inspired his men."
Pte. Frank James
British Army 2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment
from:55 Oxford Street, Far Cotton, Northampton
Frank James was 18 when he joined the 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment as a volunteer at the outbreak of war in 1914. He saw heavy fighting at the Battles of Neuve Chapelle, Aubers Ridge, Loos, The Somme, Flers-Courcelette, Vimy Ridge, Passchendaele, Cambrai and the Retreat & Advance of 1918. During that time he was wounded four times and only returned home to Northampton once.
However, he survived the war, joined the Gas Company in Northampton and lived in Kingsthorpe until his death aged 91. Surprisingly, his three brothers William, Fred and Arthur, and his father George, who were also involved in the war, all survived too and lived to a ripe old age. Frank's nephew Ron James recorded his memoirs before he died and they have been published in a book called 'A Private's War', which contains a number of interesting photographs.
A/Sgt. Frederick John James MM.
British Army 59th Field Company Royal Engineers
from:Teddington, Middlesex
Frederick James joined the Royal Engineers in 1905. He was the son of John and Thomasine James. After serving in Ireland, he came back to England as a reservist. At the outbreak of WW1 he was called to fight. He was awarded the Military Medal, which was announced in the London Gazette on the 12th of March 1917. Frederick suffered a severe shell wound from the Battle of Sanctuary Wood, o n the Ypres Front, on the 20th of October 1917. Transferred to England, he arrived on the 3rd of November 1917 at the University War Hospital in Southampton, then moved to Horton City of London War Hospital. He died aged 45 in 1930.
Pte. Hugh Parry James
British Army 33rd Btn. Rifle Brigade
from:Cardigan, Wales
My Grandfather Hugh James was a lot older than my grandmother and saw active service in WW1. My father was born in 1942 and didn't know until he was a lot older that my grandfather had served in the war. My grandfather blocked out his experience and never talked about it to anyone, although looking back, my father realises now that it had had a significant impact on his emotional and physical well being.
L/Cpl James James
British Army 15th (1st London Welsh) Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(d.11th July 1916)
Pte. John James
British Army 15th Btn. Notts and Derby Regiment
from:43 Hogarth Street, Nottingham
(d.17th July 1916)
John James was born in Nottingham on 22nd December 1895. He was the eldest and only son of Alfred and Annie James. John had two younger sisters - Ada and my grandmother Annie.
When war broke out John was working as a foreman at a box making factory keen to join up but at 5'2" he was too short and turned away. He was determined to join and tried again but once again was unsuccessful. Sadly, John was presented with white feathers by the girls at his box making factory. This deeply upset John and on his third attempt he pleaded with the recruiting sergeant who finally relented stating that 'the army will pull the last inch out of you'.
So in September 1915 John went into infantry training at Ripon training camp. He had joined the 15th (Service) Btn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derbys).
The battalion arrived in France in February 1916. In July it saw action on the Somme. John's battalion was positioned on the night of 17/18th near to Trones wood opposite Guillemont village. During this night the trenches were shelled terribly and John disappeared into oblivion never to be recovered. It was told by a survivor who had seen John that night, that as he left John in his part of the trench the German guns opened fire and there was a terrific bombardment after which the trenches where John was no longer existed. John is now remembered along with over 300,000 other on the Thiepval Memorial.
As a child, my grandmother would often tell me the story of her brother and my great uncle and I will always remember him. My childhood hero. God bless you John.
Pte. John David James
British Army 1st/5th Btn. D Coy. South Staffordshire Regiment
from:Bloxwich, Walsall
(d.13th Oct 1915)
Pte. Matthew Pattison James
British Army 2/4th Btn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding)
from:Langley Park, Co Durham
(d.12 September 1918)
Reginald Brand "Digger" James
Australian Imperial Force 4th Field Ambulance
from:Northam, Perth, WA
Reginald James sailed from Fremantle on HMAT Ajana A31 on 30th of December 1914. He served at Gallipoli until evacuation, then in France as a Lance Corporal and Lieutenant in 12th Battalion AIF, he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps.
Pte. Samuel John James
British Army 6th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment
from:Carn Brea, Cornwall
(d.23rd March 1918)
Pte Samuel John James
British Army 6th (Wiltshire Yeomanry) Btn Wiltshire Regiment
from:Pool Cornwall
(d.23rd March 1918)
Samuel James served with the 6th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment in WW1. He died 23rd of March 1918 and is remembered on the Arras Memorial in France.
Pte. Thomas Francis "Taff" James
British Army att. 258 Tunn. RE Monmouthshire Regiment
from:Nantyglo
My grandfather Thomas James served during the first war with the Monmouthshire Regiment and his role, so I am led to believe, was that of a tunneller, infantryman and quite possibly member of a three man machine gun team.
He suffered from the after effects of gas attacks but died in the early forties by drowning after a bout of coughing which caused him to slip into a feeder pond. He was a well known character in Nantyglo and was a ringleader in a resistance type movement which was set up to resist a local government action concerning the residents of a certain area within his hometown.
I have a few pictures taken of him in uniform and I have one that is of particular interest to me, and possibly others, as it shows him and two of his mates outside a farm somewhere in the theatre of war. They are seated on chairs, presumably taken from the farm building to their rear. If anyone recognises the soldiers I would love to learn of their records and possible family members still alive. I am an active member of a forces charity and along with my wife and colleagues I visit the places where my grandfather served. I am fortunate because he kept a record in a series of handwritten exercise books. I also served for six years in the regiment that was formed out of my grandfather's regiment.
Pte. Thomas Francis James
British Army 2nd Btn. Monmouthshire Regiment
Private Thomas Francis James served with the 2nd battalion Monmouthshire Regiment, service nos. 11569 and 267481. He was a soldier who served and survived the First World War only to die by drowning in a local feeder pond after a bout brought on by the effects of gas at Passchendaele.
L/Cpl. Thomas Francis James
British Army 2nd Btn. C Company Monmouthshire Regiment
from:Nantyglo, Monmouthshire
Thomas James served with C Company, 2nd Monmouthshire Regiment.
Pte. Thomas James
British Army 16th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
from:Pennal
(d.23rd July 1916)
Pte. W. James MM & Bar.
British Army 77th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Pontlottyn, Wales
Walter James served in the Royal Army Medical Corps during WW1. One of the units he served with was 77th Field Ambulance. He was awarded the Military Medal and a Bar for that medal for some subsequent act of bravery. One report is listed as follows:Found the following in the South Wales Echo of 14 March 1917. Pte Walter James, Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, has been awarded the Military Medal for bravery in the Regina Trench, on the Somme, on the 21st October, 1916.
Pte. Walter James
British Army 5th Battalion Oxfordshire and Bucks Light Infantry
from:Bletchely, Bucks
(d.20th Aug 1916)
Great Great Uncle Walter James died at the age of 46. His name is on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France and the Bletchley War Memorial. The 5th (Service) Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry was raised at Oxford In 1916 they were on the Somme seeing action in The Battle of Delville Wood and The Battle of Flers-Courcelette.
CSM. Walter Richard James
British Army 1st Btn. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
(d.6th Nov 1917)
Pte. William Edward James
British Army 2nd Battalion, "B" Coy. Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Jarrow
(d.16th Sep 1915)
William Edward James served with 2nd Battalion "B" Coy. Northumberland Fusiliers, formerly serving with the West Yorks Regiment. He was aged 20 when he died on 16th September 1915. Born in Jarrow in 1895, he was the son of Joseph and Euphemia Eckford H. James (nee Humphrey) of 131 Charles Street Boldon Colliery. William Edward James age 15 Coal miner Driver underground is listed as living with his parents Joseph and Euphemia James and family at 540 John William Street, South Shields on the 1911 census. He enlisted in Jarrow.
William is buried in Loker Churchyard.
Lt. William Frank Treharne James
Royal Flying Corps 24 Squadron
from:Merthyr Tydfil
My Grandfather, William James, was a pilot with 24 Squadron. He joined the Squadron on the 24th of November 1916. He was shot down on 5th of January 1917. He crash landed in No Man's Land between Sailley-Sallisel and Bouchavesnes, France.
He was rescued and admitted on the 8th of January 1917 to No.14 General Hospital with gun shot wounds to his buttock. On the 17th of March 1917 he was recorded as dangerously ill Casualty No E7813 I am aware he had gangrene and his left leg was removed just below the hip. On the 20th of April 1917 he was sent to England on the Hospital Ship St Denis He survived the war minus a left leg.
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