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Surname: LEEMING
Forename(s): James
Place of Birth: Grindleton, Yorkshire
Service No: 65293
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Welsh Regiment
Battalion / Unit: 9th (Service) Battalion
Division: 19th (Western) Division
Age: 19
Date of Death: 1918-04-17
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 93 to 94.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)
Additional Information:
James Leeming (born 6 January 1899) was the son of Edward and Jane Leeming, née Coulthard. Edward was born at Bashall Eaves, Yorkshire and Jane at Clitheroe, Lancashire.
1901 Bolton-by-Bowland, Yorkshire Census: Whitestones - James Leeming, aged 2 years, born Grindleton, Yorkshire, son of Edwd. and Jane Leeming.
1911 Clitheroe, Lancashire Census: 8, St. Mary Street - James Leeming, aged 12 years, born Grindleton, Yorkshire, son of Edward and Jane Leeming.
The British Army Service Record for James Leeming exists but may be incomplete.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte James Leeming, 65293, Welsh R.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte James Leeming, 65293, Welch R. Infantry Base Depot; 65293, 9th Welch R.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte James Leeming, 65293, 9th Welsh. Date and Place of Death: 17.4.18 in action France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Mother and sole legatee - Jane. £8 8s. 7d.
James is commemorated on the Clitheroe War Memorial.
Photograph: 'Clitheroe Advertiser' (3 May 1918).
Data Source: Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19 Records
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Private James LEEMING
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Welsh Regiment
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 19th (Western) Division
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This was my great uncle. My father James Edward Leeming was named after James along with his brother Edward who also died from injuries sustained from being kicked by a horse.
I have in my possession the last letter James wrote to his mother before he died.