James Burton GREENWOOD

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Surname: GREENWOOD

Forename(s): James Burton

Place of Birth: Sedbergh, Yorkshire

Service No: ---

Rank: Lieutenant

Regiment / Corps / Service: York and Lancaster Regiment

Battalion / Unit: 1/4th (Hallamshire) Battalion

Division: 49th (West Riding) Division

Age: ---

Date of Death: 1918-10-13

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 5 and 6.

CWGC Cemetery: ---

CWGC Memorial: VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)

Additional Information:

James Burton Greenwood was the son of Miles and Margaret Greenwood, née Burton. Both parents were born at Dent, Yorkshire.

1901 Kendal, Westmorland Census: The Workhouse - James Burton Greenwood, aged 7 years, born Sedbergh, Yorkshire, son of Miles (Master of Workhouse) and Margaret Greenwood.

1911 Kendal, Westmorland Census: The Workhouse - James B. Greenwood, aged 17 years, born Sedbergh, Yorkshire, son of Miles Greenwood, Master of Workhouse. [Margaret was at their son Bryan's address: 58, Gillingate, Kendal.]

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Cpl James Barton [sic] Greenwood, 17, Royal Army Medical Corps & Lieut. Lancashire Fusiliers. Theatre of War first served in: (1) [France]. Date of entry therein: 11 November 1915. Commissioned: 21 November 1916. Died 13 October 1918. Correspondence: B. Greenwood Esqr Lon City & Midland Bank Sedbergh.

James enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps. He was commissioned and joined the 19th (Service) Bn Lancashire Fusiliers (3rd Salford) (Pioneers) part of the 49th (West Riding) Division. When James was killed he was attached to the 1/4th (Hallamshire) Bn York & Lancaster Regiment.

James is commemorated on the Kendal War Memorial.

A short biography of James is included in: ‘Sedbergh and District 1914-1918 – But who shall return the children?’ Compiled by Sedbergh and District History Society. Edited by Diane Elphick (2016).

Data Source: Personal Communication

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

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