Informationen zu Geburt

Geburtsdatum:
10/08/1891
Geburtsort:
Bradford, Yorkshire, England, Vereinigtes Königreich

Allgemeine Informationen

Beruf:
Färbereiarbeiter

Informationen zum Armeedienst

Land:
England, Vereinigtes Königreich
Truppe:
British Expeditionary Force
Rang:
Private
Dienstnummer:
14718
Einheiten:
 —  Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), 2nd Bn.  (Letzte bekannte Einheit)

Informationen zu Tod

Sterbedatum:
10/10/1917
Sterbeort:
Poelcapelle, Belgien
Todesursache:
Im Kampf gefallen
Alter:
26

Begräbnisplatz

Poelcapelle British Cemetery
Grabstelle: XXXVI
Reihe: E
Grab: 3

Auszeichnungen und Orden 2

British War Medal
Medaille
Victory Medal
Medaille

Punkte von Interesse 2

#1 Geburtsort
#2 Ort des Todes (ungefähr)

Meine Geschichte

James Albert Traynor was a twenty-five-year-old dyer's labourer from Bradford, West Yorkshire. He enlisted as a private in the 2nd Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment, part of the 12th Brigade, 4th Division.

On 9 October 1917 the 4th Division participated in the Battle of Poelcapelle. The day before the 12th Brigade gathered at the jump-off line , 500m north east of Louis Farm. At 5.20 a.m. on the 9th they attacked with the 2nd Essex and 2nd Lancashire Fusilier. The 2nd Duke of Wellington’s was in support and the 1st King’s Own in reserve.

By 5.30 a.m. they had captured the objective at Landing Farm. Ten minutes later the 2nd Duke of Wellington's moved up to hold the line between Compromise Farm – Landing Farm (V.13.d.80.10) and the Battalion headquarters was established at Tragique Farm.

On the 10th the line and the headquarters at Tragique Farm were shelled by German artillery, causing casualties. That evening the 2nd Duke of Wellington's were relieved and marched back the Stray Farm. Private James Albert Traynor was killed on that day. He is one of the 71 soldiers of the 2nd Duke of Wellington's that were killed and missing during the Battle of Poelcapelle. His body was recovered after the war at V.19.b.60.20, next to the church of Poelcapelle. He’s buried at Poelcapelle British Cemetery, plot 36, row E, grave 3.

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Ancestry
https://www.ancestry.com/
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CWGC
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/492206/j-a-traynor/
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McCarthy Chris, Passchendaele: The Day-by-Day Account (Londen, Unicorn Publishing Group, 2018), 125.
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Naval & Military Archive
http://www.nmarchive.com/
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The Long, Long Trail
https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/
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