Families with multiple casualties

[MelPack]

Hello Gary

That is interesting research.

In terms of finding the other two names, have you thought of doing a SDGW look up for the Phipps?

All of them appeared to have enlisted locally and there are 138 casualties on the CWGC of which a significant number can be discounted because they have the additional details of 'Son of......'

It is a laborious process of elimination and forgive me if you have already followed this path.

I had a quick dip into the 1901 census search. There is a James Phipps, Dover born and bred, who was 18 at the time of the census which ties in with your casualty.

There is also an Edward Phipps, again Dover born and bred, but who was 11 rather than 13 at the time of the census.

The households of both those might be worth checking.

Keep us updated on your research.

Good luck

Regards

Mel

[clive_hughes]

Another family that may had five sons killed are the Clarke family of Colchester. Three drowned (navy ?) and two killed. Apparently a total of 10 served.

I also found a Jarvis (not related to me) family from bedford with four sons killed.

Jim

Hello,

Just to contribute to this thread, I saw the JARVIS note in an old post (above) and can add the following, which records not only five sons, but the mother as well :

Inside St.Peter's Parish Church in the village of Sharnbrook near Bedford is a plaque (I have inserted punctuation)-

"To the Glorious Memory of Five Brothers

LEWIS WYNDHAM JARVIS, Canadian Infantry, aged 38

JAMES HENRY JARVIS, Canadian Engineers, aged 37

CECIL JARVIS DSO MC, Major, Deccan Horse, aged 35

HUGH TOWNLEY JARVIS, Engineer Sub Lt, RNR, aged 28

ARNOLD SEPTIMUS GUY JARVIS, 2nd Lt, 1st N'rthants Regt., aged 19

Who were born at the Toft, Sharnbrook, and gave their lives in the Great War

ALSO of their mother ADA MAUD JARVIS who suffered their sacrifice &

died 23rd July 1919.

Their Name Liveth For Evermore "

A quick search revealed that the first to die was the youngest -

ARNOLD JARVIS of the 1st Northamptonshire Regt. was killed in action on 31 October 1914. He is noted by CWGC as the son of the late Mr Lewis Page Jarvis of Sharnbrook, Beds. and is buried at Larch Wood (Railway Cutting) Cemetery, SE of Ypres. Officers Died gives his first name as "Arthur".

Next was HUGH JARVIS, who was serving aboard HMS Calgarian (an auxiliary armed mercantile vessel) when she was torpedoed off Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland, by the U-19 on 1 March 1918. 49 crew were lost, and he is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.

The eldest, LEWIS JARVIS was a Private 2022339 in the 72nd Canadian Infantry when he died on 27 September 1918. He is buried at Quarry Wood Cemetery, Sains-les-Marquion, 12km NW of Cambrai. He was a colourful character: according to his attestation papers he had served 6 years with the Cape Mounted Rifles including the South African War, and was a rancher when he enlisted on 19 March 1918 with the British Columbia Regiment, Vancouver. His address was given as "US Hotel, San Francisco, California". He was unmarried.

Less than three weeks later, JAMES JARVIS was Sapper 446935 with the 9th Canadian Railway Troops and died on 15 October 1918, being buried at Caudry British Cemetery, 13km E of Cambrai. He was a Labourer by trade, unmarried at the time of enlistment on 15 May 1915 at Calgary (attestation papers).

The fifth brother ironically died after the war had ended - Major CECIL JARVIS of the 20th Deccan Horse (aged 36 according to CWGC) died on 18 March 1919 and is buried at Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.

Hardly surprising after the loss of 5 sons (4 of them in the space of a year) that poor Mrs Jarvis should have succumbed shortly after. According to her two Canadian sons' papers her address was either 19 or 49 De Parys Avenue, Bedford. I wonder whether there were other children? There is no mention of wives in the given CWGC and other sources, which include the excellent Library & Archives Canada site www.collectionscanada.ca

There was an earlier post in this thread that located another multiple-casualty family in Bedford, which must qualify it for some sort of melancholy distinction.

LST_164

[alliekiwi]

I was at the library today and was flicking through a book entitled Echoes of Gallipoli: In the words of New Zealand's Mounted Riflemen by Terry Kinloch. In the section about Chunuk Bair (August 8th, 1915) it says:

Two brothers from Taranaki, Michael and Richard Murphy, were among those killed that day

Cross-referencing the Nominal Roll and the CWGC

I get:

Name: MURPHY, MICHAEL

Initials: M

Nationality: New Zealand

Rank: Trooper

Regiment/Service: Wellington Mounted Rifles, N.Z.E.F.

Date of Death: 09/08/1915

Service No: 11/419

Additional information: Son of Patrick and E. Murphy, of Mere Mere, Taranaki.

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: 5.

Memorial: CHUNUK BAIR (NEW ZEALAND) MEMORIAL

Name: MURPHY, RICHARD

Initials: R

Nationality: New Zealand

Rank: Trooper

Regiment/Service: Wellington Mounted Rifles, N.Z.E.F.

Date of Death: 09/08/1915

Service No: 11/506

Additional information: Son of Patrick and E. Murphy, of Mere Mere, Taranaki.

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: 5.

Memorial: CHUNUK BAIR (NEW ZEALAND) MEMORIAL

[alliekiwi]

And also another brother killed a couple of years later (New Plymouth is in Taranaki, so it fits)

Name: MURPHY, PATRICK

Initials: P

Nationality: New Zealand

Rank: Rifleman

Regiment/Service: New Zealand Rifle Brigade

Unit Text: 3rd

Age: 29

Date of Death: 05/11/1917

Service No: 54557

Additional information: Son of Patrick and E. Murphy, of Mere Mere, Hawera, New Plymouth, New Zealand.

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: 4. A. 1.

Cemetery: CANNOCK CHASE WAR CEMETERY

I'm not sure about this one from the nominal roll as it only lists 'P Murphy' as the next of kin. But both Richard's and Patrick's nominal roll entries only list their mother, yet we know for certain it's the right people:

John MURPHY

Regimental number 9/951

Address 52 Main South Rd Caversham Dunedin

Marital status Single

Next of kin Father, P Murphy, Meremere Hawera

Rank on enlistment Sergeant

Other details from Roll of Honour Circular Nominal Roll Vol. 1

Miscellaneous details Otago Mounted Rifles/Fourth

In the same book mentioned in the above post it also says:

Trooper John McKinnon may have passed the body of his brother Ken, an Auckland Infantryman who had been killed earlier in the day. If he did, he cannot have mourned for long, for he was killed the same day.

I've not found any siblings on the nominal roll or CWGC for the McKinnons.

Allie

[mikebriggs]

Here is one to add. The Jackson family of Old Bramton near Chestefield in Derbyshire

I think that there were at least five sons:-

Joseph b. 1886

Thomas b. 1889

Luke b. 1894

Arthur b. 1898

George b. 1900

and 3 were killed

48734 Joseph Jackson with the 13th King's (Liverpool) Regt (ex Sherwood Foresters)

20080 Arthur Jackson with the 1/Royal Scots Fusiliers

56150 Luke Jackson with the Labour Corps (ex Leicesters)

I can help thinking of the coincidence that the mother (Mary) died two days after her son. Did the news of her son's death kill her?

[dhubthaigh]

BLAIRGOWRIE ADVERTISER: 25.03.16

Still another bereavement has been sustained by Mrs Charles Robertson, 40C William Street, Blairgowrie, notice having been received by her of the death in action of her second son, Pvt. Stewart Robertson, Scots Guards.

Only last week we recorded the official announcement that her youngest son, Pvt. William Robertson, 1st Black Watch, who went amissing on 9th May last year, was “pronounced dead”; and also recalled the fact that her eldest son, Pvt. Alexander Robertson, Scots Guards, had been killed in action on 18th December, 1914, while her fourth son, Pvt. George Robertson, 1st Black Watch, who had been wounded at Mons and had since been in hospital, had been released from service for a year.

Three sons killed in one family is an exceptional occurrence, and much sympathy will go out to Mrs Robertson in her great sorrow.

[dhubthaigh]

THE ALYTH GUARDIAN: 26.10.17

In the action in the North Sea on the 17th, when the destroyer “Mary Rose”, after a magnificent resistance against the fast and heavily-armed German ships, was sunk fighting to the last, the officers, including Engineer Lieut.-Commander Wm. H. Cleghorn, and men were officially reported lost.

Lieutenant Cleghorn is the eldest son of Mr and Mrs John Cleghorn of Clifton, the third son to fall for king and country in this great war. It is only five weeks since a brother, Captain Herbert Cleghorn, R.E. attached to R.F.C., was killed at the Front, while a little over a year ago, the youngest of the brothers, Lieut. Allan Cleghorn, Gordons, died in France, and two still remain, Lieutenants in the R.E., keeping the flag flying in the face of the enemy.

[dhubthaigh]

THE ALYTH GUARDIAN: 26.04.1918

Cpl. Robert Shepherd, Gordon Highlanders (son of Mr and Mrs Shepherd, Ardler Station) has been killed. At the time of enlisting in 1916, he was on the collecting staff of the Brittanic Insurance Society. Mr and Mrs Shepherd have now lost their three sons in the War. Pte. William Shepherd, the youngest son, having been killed at Loos in September 1915; Pte. George Shepherd, Scots Guards, was killed on 31st July last. Mr and Mrs Shepherd have the sympathy of the community in their three-fold loss.

[dhubthaigh]

The brothers Rogers here;

The fourth three-fold loss of Perthshire families posted today. All from small places within a few short miles of one another:

Name: RODGERS

Initials: H

Nationality: United Kingdom

Place of Birth Murthly

Rank: Private

Regiment: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

Unit Text: 2nd Bn.

Date of Death: 06/09/1916

Service No: S/6972

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: XXI. A. 5.

Cemetery: AMARA WAR CEMETERY

Surname ROGERS

Firstname Drummond Kaye

Service number 8581

Date of death 07/05/1916

Decoration

Place of birth Murthly Perthshire

Other 1st Bn.

SNWM roll THE BLACK WATCH (ROYAL HIGHLANDERS)

Rank Pte

Theatre of death Home.

Name: ROGERS, ROBERT CARMICHAEL

Initials: R C

Nationality: United Kingdom

Rank: Captain

Regiment: Royal Army Medical Corps

Secondary Regiment: Royal Garrison Artillery

Secondary Unit Text: attd. 18th Heavy Artillery Group

Age: 28

Date of Death: 02/08/1918

Additional information: Son of David and Grace Rogers, of Gellyburn, Murthly, Perthshire; husband of Mary Rogers, of Inverglen, Kingussie, Inverness-shire.

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: II. A. 11.

Cemetery: TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY, WIMILLE

[dhubthaigh]

The Rogers (on my last post) are also commemorated on Dunkeld/Little Dunkeld Memorial along with;

Blairgowrie Advertiser: 26.10.1918

Pte William Low, Scots Guards, son of Mr Low, Oak Place, has been killed in action. His two brothers have also fallen in the War, the youngest Second Lieut. Low, only a fortnight ago. Mr Fitzgerald, Birnam, has also lost three sons, and a fourth is still on active service.

Name: LOW

Initials: G A

Nationality: United Kingdom

Rank: Second Lieutenant

Regiment/Service: Royal Scots Fusiliers

Unit Text: 2nd Bn.

Date of Death: 28/09/1918

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: III. J. 8.

Cemetery: HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY

Name: LOW

Initials: W

Nationality: United Kingdom

Rank: Private

Regiment/Service: Scots Guards

Unit Text: 2nd Bn.

Date of Death: 11/10/1918

Service No: 15370

Additional information: Son of Mrs. Georgina Low, of Old Villas, Birnam, Perthshire.

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: A. 1.

Cemetery: ST. VAAST COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

Name: LOW

Initials: J

Nationality: United Kingdom

Rank: Gunner

Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery

Unit Text: "B" Bty. 48th Bde.

Date of Death: 12/05/1917

Service No: 6078

Additional information: Husband of R. K. Low, of Carlton Lodge, Upwell Rd., Swanage.

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: III. M. 28.

Cemetery: DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN

Name: FITZGERALD, EDWARD

Initials: E

Nationality: United Kingdom

Rank: Private

Regiment/Service: Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

Unit Text: 10th Bn.

Date of Death: 25/03/1918

Service No: 76166

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: Bay 7.

Memorial: ARRAS MEMORIAL

Name: FITZGERALD, JOHN

Initials: J

Nationality: United Kingdom

Rank: Private

Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

Unit Text: 9th Bn.

Age: 28

Date of Death: 25/09/1915

Service No: S/4503

Additional information: Son of William and Jane Ann Fitzgerald, of Torwood, Birnam, Dunkeld, Perthshire.

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 78 to 83.

Memorial: LOOS MEMORIAL

Name: FITZGERALD, THOMAS

Initials: T

Nationality: United Kingdom

Rank: Private

Regiment/Service: Cameron Highlanders

Unit Text: 2nd Bn.

Age: 33

Date of Death: 01/09/1918

Service No: 18146

Additional information: Son of William and Jane Ann Fitzgerald, of Tonwood, Birnam, Dunkeld.

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: F. 1198.

Cemetery: KARASOULI MILITARY CEMETERY

[stevem49]

I have the BEECHEY boys . Eight served. Five were killed and one crippled. They came from Lincolnshire but I believe one had emigrated to Aus.

[stevem49]

There are 5 Beechey brothers on Lincoln War Memorial. The '5th' - Leonard Reeve Beechey - was in 18th London Regiment and died on 29.12.17 and is buried at St Sever Cty xtn

I have recently been sent a newspaper article on them. Their dad was a vicar. It lists all the regiments they served in. One other son was crippled at Gallipoli when in the Aussie Army. The remaining two sons came home. Article is from Aus (I think)

Steve

[eltoro1960]

Re the Beechey boys two served in the AIF, Christopher with the Medical Corps was shot at Gallipoli by a sniper, fell over a clif,f and was left semi crippled for the rest of his life. His brother H R Beechey who immigrated with him to WA was killed serving in France as were 4 other brothers, here's link to the story

http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-heroes/beechey.htm

[karasouli]

The Rogers (on my last post) are also commemorated on Dunkeld/Little Dunkeld Memorial along with;

Blairgowrie Advertiser: 26.10.1918

Pte William Low, Scots Guards, son of Mr Low, Oak Place, has been killed in action. His two brothers have also fallen in the War, the youngest Second Lieut. Low, only a fortnight ago. Mr Fitzgerald, Birnam, has also lost three sons, and a fourth is still on active service.

Name: LOW

Initials: G A

Nationality: United Kingdom

Rank: Second Lieutenant

Regiment/Service: Royal Scots Fusiliers

Unit Text: 2nd Bn.

Date of Death: 28/09/1918

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: III. J. 8.

Cemetery: HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY

Name: LOW

Initials: W

Nationality: United Kingdom

Rank: Private

Regiment/Service: Scots Guards

Unit Text: 2nd Bn.

Date of Death: 11/10/1918

Service No: 15370

Additional information: Son of Mrs. Georgina Low, of Old Villas, Birnam, Perthshire.

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: A. 1.

Cemetery: ST. VAAST COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

Name: LOW

Initials: J

Nationality: United Kingdom

Rank: Gunner

Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery

Unit Text: "B" Bty. 48th Bde.

Date of Death: 12/05/1917

Service No: 6078

Additional information: Husband of R. K. Low, of Carlton Lodge, Upwell Rd., Swanage.

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: III. M. 28.

Cemetery: DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN

Name: FITZGERALD, EDWARD

Initials: E

Nationality: United Kingdom

Rank: Private

Regiment/Service: Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

Unit Text: 10th Bn.

Date of Death: 25/03/1918

Service No: 76166

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: Bay 7.

Memorial: ARRAS MEMORIAL

Name: FITZGERALD, JOHN

Initials: J

Nationality: United Kingdom

Rank: Private

Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

Unit Text: 9th Bn.

Age: 28

Date of Death: 25/09/1915

Service No: S/4503

Additional information: Son of William and Jane Ann Fitzgerald, of Torwood, Birnam, Dunkeld, Perthshire.

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 78 to 83.

Memorial: LOOS MEMORIAL

Name: FITZGERALD, THOMAS

Initials: T

Nationality: United Kingdom

Rank: Private

Regiment/Service: Cameron Highlanders

Unit Text: 2nd Bn.

Age: 33

Date of Death: 01/09/1918

Service No: 18146

Additional information: Son of William and Jane Ann Fitzgerald, of Tonwood, Birnam, Dunkeld.

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: F. 1198.

Cemetery: KARASOULI MILITARY CEMETERY

Name: FITZGERALD, THOMAS

Initials: T

Nationality: United Kingdom

Rank: Private

Regiment/Service: Cameron Highlanders

Unit Text: 2nd Bn.

Age: 33

Date of Death: 01/09/1918

Service No: 18146

Additional information: Son of William and Jane Ann Fitzgerald, of Tonwood, Birnam, Dunkeld.

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: F. 1198.

Cemetery: KARASOULI MILITARY CEMETERY

[Beau Geste]

My paternal great grandparents lost 100% of their sons who joined up. Edward and William George Swain were both killed in action (see the 'Heroes' section on Chris' main site) and although this isn't in the same league of the '5 out of 7' the effect was devastating on my great grandmother. She was severely shaken by the death of her eldest son in 1916 but became mentally unstable when her youngest son was killed in 1918, she never recovered.

I'm sorry buit how can one say that losing ioo% ( all ) of one's sons ""isn't in the same league as 5 out of 7" Surely we are talking here about an entire family pretty much wiped out. The impact on their parents must have been absolutely catastrophic.

Harry

[wulsten]

Just to add a Stoke on Trent family sacrifice the Taylor family

http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=163799&st=0&p=1591653&fromsearch=1entry1591653

[jacks4jules]

Mrs Esther Long from Hyde Cheshire had six sons serving in ww1.In 1914 Mrs Long recieved a letter from the king saying how patriotic that six sons were serving in the army.

Four sons were killed in the war.After the war Mrs Long received another letter from the King stating how saddend he was to hear that four sons had been lost.

One son remained in the army after the war and stood vigil at the Kings funeral. I have a great deal of research on the Long brothers whom are remembered on the Hyde war memorial.

[ASA1]

The Brooks family of Carshalton lost 3 sons in just over a month in 1918:

Caleb Brooks, 7/Royal West Kent, KIA 21/3/1918 aged 20

Reginald Brooks, Deck Boy SS Pomerian, killed when the vessel was torpedoed 15/04/1918, aged 15 (youngest casualty on Carshalton's war memorial).

William Brooks, 7/Bedfordshire, KIA 24/4/1918, aged 18

[ianw]

The Brooks family of Carshalton lost 3 sons in just over a month in 1918:

Ghastly - and so late in the war.

[pwtgb]

100% of Male offspring lost.

Only sons of Richard and Selina (nee PATTERSON), CARTER

The 1917 casualties had married sisters in 1909

William John CARTER (J. W. on CWGC, William Johr (sic) on SDGW)

13th Bn. DLI

Died 12 June 1917

Widow Hannah nee ATTHEY

Robert CARTER

10th Bn. DLI

Died 09 April 1917

Widow Mary nee ATTHEY

Mathew CARTER

10th Bn. DLI

Died 16 September 1916

Unmarried

Survived by their only sister Jane

[Old Owl]

I don't think that any of us can fully realise how much pain these families suffered.

James Wylld Brown and Primrose Marianne Roose Brown of Eastrop Grange, Highworth, Wiltshire, lost four out of five sons in just over 12 months:

Captain Eric Francis Brown, 5th Bn Wiltshire Regt., Died on 1/4/17, from wounds received in action in Mesopotamia. Age 27.

Lieutenant Douglas Crow Brown, 2nd Bn Royal Scots att'd MGC, Died on 13/9/17, from wounds received in action in France. Age 25.

Captain Kenneth Edward Brown, M.C.& Bar, 2/4th Bn Ox & Bucks L.I., Died whilst a POW in German hands on 13/4/18, from wounds received in action on 21/3/18. Age 22.

Major Gerald Dick Brown, M.C., Wiltshire Regt. (Commanding 11th Bn Lancs.Fus.), Killed in Action on 14/4/18 in France. Age 31.

It is said that their mother died from a broken heart shortly after the end of the war.

[izzy]

On ther Halewood War Memorial there are three brothers who were the son of the local vicar. Arthur Henry Plummer,Frederick Ryle Plummer and Charles Benjamin Plummer.There is also a Grave with a memorial Tablet to the Three Jowett Brothers who were the only sons and all died while on active service.

[Chris]

This is a slightly different angle on this subject. Whilst the war is littered with personal family tragedys the story of Edgar Keeler from Louth makes me realise how lucky i am.

A pre war territorial with the 5th Lincolns, Edgar Keeler was a bricklayer who lived in Louth. He arrives in France in 1916, before being transferred to the 2nd Royal Warwickshires. On 4th May 1917 he is shot in the arm and both legs and captured by the Germans. Just over three months later his 24 day old daughter, who he can never have seen , dies from acute eczema back home in Louth. On 20th November 1918, just as he realises he will be coming home his 3 year old daughter dies from influenza. Eleven days later on 1st December 1918 his ten year old daughter dies also from influenza. Edgar arrived home after being repatriated five days later.

Poor bloke, how did he and his wife cope.

[Bingo794]

Chris

That is truly a dreadful tale. Just had a look on the Ancestry site at the details.

I cannot imagine the misery of the poor bloke or his Mrs.

All the joy of going home after being stuck in the hell of being a POW and the unsureness of your future and wondering if you would ever see your family again.

Though, I suppose there are other tragic tales along the same line, but never to be told.

Are you making a study of the 1/5th lads who went to the 2nd Warwickshire's?

There is one in my collection.

No.5256 Pte. Samuel Balls 1/5th transferred to, 2nd Warwicks and numbered 27108 KIA 04/05/1917, the same day as Edgar Keeler was wounded and captured.

I have his VM (I think you may have put me onto that one through Lockdale's) and his Death Plaque which I picked up on ebay about a year ago, not surprisingly, a unique plaque.

DickW

[Jonathan_NW]

Just thought I would add these four brothers who are named on my local war memorial. They were all sons of the local Vicar of Haigh.

George Sidney James

Name: JAMES, GEORGE SIDNEY

Initials: G S

Nationality: United Kingdom

Rank: Lieutenant

Regiment/Service: Manchester Regiment

Unit Text: 5th Bn

Age: 22

Date of Death: 04/06/1915

Additional information: Son of the Rev. C. H. James and Emily Maria James, of Epperstone Rectory, Nottingham. Of Haigh, Lancs.

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: X. E. 20.

Cemetery: REDOUBT CEMETERY, HELLES

Francis Arthur James

Name: JAMES

Initials: F A

Nationality: United Kingdom

Rank: Captain

Regiment/Service: Manchester Regiment

Unit Text: 5th Bn.

Age: 29

Date of Death: 18/09/1915

Additional information: Son of the Rev. C. H. and Mrs. James, of Epperstone Rectory, Notts. Born at Haigh, Lancs.

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: Sp. Mem. 156.

Cemetery: PINK FARM CEMETERY, HELLES

Charles Edward James

Name: JAMES, CHARLES E.

Initials: C E

Nationality: United Kingdom

Rank: Corporal

Regiment/Service: Middlesex Regiment

Unit Text: 13th Bn.

Age: 31

Date of Death: 28/09/1915

Service No: G/5104

Additional information: Son of the Rev. C. H. James (Vicar of Haigh, Lancs.), and Emily Maria James, of Epperstone Rectory, Nottingham.

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 99 to 101.

Memorial: LOOS MEMORIAL

Henry James

Name: JAMES

Initials: H

Nationality: United Kingdom

Rank: Serjeant

Regiment/Service: Middlesex Regiment

Unit Text: 13th Bn.

Age: 28

Date of Death: 18/08/1916

Service No: G/4027

Additional information: Son of the Rev. C. H. and Emily James, of Epperstone Rectory, Nottingham. Born Haigh, Wigan.

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: N. 63.

Cemetery: BERNAFAY WOOD BRITISH CEMETERY, MONTAUBAN