JohnBelcher Posted 13 November , 2006 Share Posted 13 November , 2006 Apologises for missing this part of the board before but having just found it please allow me to put the details of a possible non-commemoration up. I did put a request for help on the following thread which has more deatils about the man and when he was killed. L/Cpl James Webb 6922 1St Btn Wilts Regt - no trace in CWGC or SDGW as far as I can see but Killed in action 24-8-1914 Many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldstreamer Posted 13 November , 2006 Share Posted 13 November , 2006 if he isnt recorded in these 2 places - -how do you know he was KIA ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBelcher Posted 13 November , 2006 Author Share Posted 13 November , 2006 The full details are on this page Basically there was an article I read in the local paper which had a letter from another soldier describing his death. I asked if anyone could help with more details as I could not find him on those 2 sources and a number of people gave me details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBelcher Posted 28 March , 2007 Author Share Posted 28 March , 2007 Tracing the names on the Chippenham war memorial have come across an article in the Wiltshire times for 10 October 1914 about L/Cpl James Webb. A Brave Soldier’s Death Mrs Webb of Frogwell, Chippenham, widow of L/Cpl Webb of the 1st Wiltshire Regiment, who was killed in action at the front on August 26th has by means of a letter received from Pte J Britten, now in Charing Cross Hospital, a chum of L/Cpl Webb, received some additional particulars of her husbands death: - Pte Britten who is a native of Derry Hill, Chippenham writes: "I knew that L/Cpl that you mentioned in your letter, but I am sorry to break the news to you that the poor chap got Killed in action at Cambrai on Wednesday 26th August. He was Killed in action by a shell from the Germans about 8.30am. The one you spoke about had a locket around his neck and had two photos in it; so you can see that I knew him, he used to work in the foundry. We went into action about 3 o’clock in the morning and the Germans very nearly surrounded us, so you can see we were in a tight corner. As I was crawling along I noticed him and he was hit in the head, poor chap. I should have taken the locket off only I had no chance as the Germans were on top of us. We only lost about 10 at Mons, that was in one trench, although we were shelled all the time by them devils." The writer adds that he and L/Cpl Webb went to Belgium together. Wilts Times 31 October 1914 Also in the same paper was the Casualty list dated 26 Aug 1914 6922 L/Cpl J Webb, wife of Meadowfield, Frogwell, Chippenham. Killed in action in action. Yet in 1917 in the In Memory colum of the paper, Mrs Webb said that he killed on the 24th Aug 1914 In loving memory of My dear husband L/Cpl James Webb. 1st Wiltshires who fell in the battle of Mons, August 24th 1914. Ever remembered by his Wife and darling Child. Could we have raised his dying head. And heard his last farewell. The grief would not have seemed so hard To those who loved him so well. Also remembered by his loving Father, Mother, Sisters and Brothers. Frogwell Farm Chippenham. Wilts Times 25 August 1917 The same date is given in 1918 In loving memory of L/Cpl Webb who was Killed in action in action in the battle of Mons August 24th 1914. This man definetly died in 1914. There is a death certificate issued for him as follows:- L/Cpl James Webb - 6932 - Wiltshire Regiment War Deaths 1914 - 1921 for the year 1914 Volume I.58 Page 155. 1914 star medal Webb, J Pte 6922 embarked 14-8-1914 1st Btn, Killed 24-8-1914 1/122 silver war medal roll state Webb , James , L/Cpl 6922 1st Wiltsjoined as Private. Killed in action 24-8-1914. vols 1540,1548 I was out looking at memorials round Melksham yesterday and found the church at Atworth was open. Inside I found a memorial plaque to Webb. The plaque confirms the details that I already had and those given by members in this topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Hartley Posted 28 March , 2007 Share Posted 28 March , 2007 John Yep, I agree he appears to be missing from CWGC. His death certificate reference in the GRO overseas list is I 58 155. If you obtain the certificate and then contact Terry Denham, he will be able to submit the name to Commission on your behalf. Commemoration is guaranteed in the circumstances of Webb's death. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBelcher Posted 2 April , 2007 Author Share Posted 2 April , 2007 Death certificate has been ordered......I think!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBelcher Posted 7 April , 2007 Author Share Posted 7 April , 2007 Death certificate arrived this morning 6922 L/Cpl WEBB James 1st Btn Wilts Regt Age 29 Date of Death 28 Aug 1914 Place of death France Cause Killed in action There is a 4 day discrepency in the date of death on the death certificate, the memorial plaque and in the letter from Pte Brittain. I did write to the Wilt Regt museum about 5 years ago and seem to remember them telling me that he was wounded and died of his wounds a few days later bt typically,I cannot find their letter at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBelcher Posted 12 April , 2007 Author Share Posted 12 April , 2007 Finally scanned the Death Certificate.... Is there anything else needed now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Hartley Posted 16 April , 2011 Share Posted 16 April , 2011 In from the cold: http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=75227824 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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