Pte
Richard James
Information about birth
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Year of birth: 1889 |
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Place of birth: Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, England, United Kingdom |
Army information
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Country: England, United Kingdom |
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Force: British Expeditionary Force |
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Rank: Private |
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Service number: 85856 |
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Units: — Machine Gun Corps, 195th Coy. (Last known unit) |
Information about death
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Date of death: 11/08/1917 |
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Age: 28 |
Cemetery
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Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood Plot: XXIX Row: D Grave: 9 |
Distinctions and medals 2
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British War Medal Medal |
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Victory Medal Medal |
Points of interest 1
| #1 | Place of birth |
Sources 1
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195 Machine Gun Company. (The National Archives, KEW (TNA), WO 95/2235/2). https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14303 Sources used |
More information 3
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/480301 |
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Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=33d5e2f7-781e-4e9f-88ce-b08137c959e4 |
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Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/2576650 |