James Thomas HANSON

Main CPGW Record

Surname: HANSON

Forename(s): James Thomas

Place of Birth: Newsholme, Yorkshire

Service No: 36709

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Leicestershire Regiment

Battalion / Unit: 'A' Coy 7th (Service) Battalion

Division: 21st Division

Age: ---

Date of Death: 1918-03-22

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 29 and 30.

CWGC Cemetery: ---

CWGC Memorial: POZIERES MEMORIAL

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: CHATBURN, LANCASHIRE

Additional Information:

James Thomas Hanson was the son of Thomas and Mary Hanson, née Peel. Thomas was born at Slaidburn and Mary at Newsholme, Yorkshire.

1901 Newsholme, Yorkshire Census: Slack Farm - James T. Hanson, aged 3 years, born Newsholme, son of Thomas and Mary Hanson.

1911 Clitheroe, Lancashire Census: 31, Pimlico Road - James Thomas Hanson, aged 13 years, born Newsholme, Yorkshire, son of Mary Proctor and stepson of Thomas Proctor. [Mary married Thomas Proctor in 1911.]

The British Army Service Record for James Thomas Hanson exists but may be incomplete.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte James T. Hanson, 36709, Leic. R.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte James Thomas Hanson, 36709, 9/Leic. R.; 36709, 7/Leic. R.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte James Thomas Hanson, 36709, 7th Bn. Leicesters. Date and Place of Death: 22.3.18 officially accepted. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Mother and Sole Legatee - Mrs. Mary Proctor. £19 15s. 6d.

UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for James. Name(s) on card(s): Dependant: Mrs. Proctor. Relationship: Mother. Address: Worston, Nr Clitheroe.

1914-1918 – Prisoners of the First World War – ICRC Historical Archives: Card(s) exist for James.

British Red Cross & Order Of St John Enquiry List, Wounded & Missing, 1914-1919: J.T. Hanson, 36709. Platoon/section: 1. Company: A. 7 Leicestershire Regiment. Date reported missing or wounded: 22.3.18. Missing or wounded details: W. and M. Mar. 22/18. Enquiry date: 20.11.18.

James was wounded whilst serving with the 9th (Service) Battalion Leicestershire Regiment; on returning to France he was posted to the 7th (Service) Battalion. He was killed in action near the village of Epehy, during the First Battles of the Somme, 1918, 21 March-5 April, at the Battle St. Quentin, 21-23 March. This was one of the battles during the German Offensives of 1918.

Private James Thomas Hanson was added to the CPGW website after receiving information from Dorothy Falshaw, Gisburn.

Data Source: Personal Communication

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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