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Surname: AUTON
Forename(s): James
Place of Birth: Bentham, Yorkshire
Service No: 9518
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Lancashire Fusiliers
Battalion / Unit: 1st Battalion
Division: 29th Division
Age: 23
Date of Death: 1917-08-17
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: IV. D. 30.
CWGC Cemetery: LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: HIGH BENTHAM, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
James Auton was the son of Samuel and Elizaberth Hannah J. Auton, née Nowell. Samuel was born at Hunton near Leyburn and Elizabeth at Bentham, Yorkshire.
1901 Bentham, Yorkshire Census: Main Street - James Auton, aged 6 years, born Bentham, son of Elizaberth A.J. Auton, widow.
1911 Stainton, Westmorland Census: Bridge End - James Auton, aged 17 years, born Bentham, Yorkshire. [James was employed by Thomas Ratcliffe Addison, Farmer and Coal Merchant.]
James was married to Eleanor Mary Morris in 1917.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte James Auton, 9518, 2/Lan. Fus. Theatre of War first served in (1) France. Date of entry therein: 16.5.15. D. of W. 17.8.17.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte James Auton, 9518, 9th Lancs Fusrs.; 3rd Lancs Fusrs.; 2nd Lancs Fusrs.; 1st Lancs Fusrs.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte James Auton, 9/9518, 1 Bn Lancs Fuslrs. Date and Place of Death: 17.8.17. Wds. 59 Gen'l Hosp'l St. Omer., France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow - Eleanor M. £14 16s. 4d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for James. Name(s) on card(s): Widow: Eleanor Mary Auton, born 8.2.94. Address: Waterloo Cottage, Four Marks, Beechcroft, Alton, Hants.
A short biography of James is included in: ‘Bentham’s Part in the Great War 1914-18’ by Allan and Marilyn Hartley (2019).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
ANTON [AUTON], James, [Bentham], aged 23, Y.L.I., died of wounds 1917.
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Private James AUTON
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Lancashire Fusiliers
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 29th Division
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The High & Low Bentham men who gave their lives
Top row (l-r): Rfn Ernest Knight Newhouse, Pte John Thornber, Reverend Theodore Bayley Hardy, Pte Richard Wilson, Pte Maurice Richard Bolton, Lieut John Barclay Clibborn, Pte William Throup, Pte Richard Wilcock Carr, A/Cpl William Robinson, Pte James Auton, Pte William Savage. Third row (l-r): L/Cpl David Percival Dixon, Pte John Emmott, Pte Francis Richard Townson, Pte John Adamthwaite, Pte Robert Carter, L/Cpl John Hutchinson, Pte Alfred Edward Gunn, Pte Ezra Stephenson, Pte Edwin Rawlinson Smith, Pte Richard Wearing, Lieut Basil William Ramsbotton. Third row (l-r): Spr Robert Clark, Act L/Cpl Thomas Wilcock, Cpl William Carr, Pte Lawrence Lancelot Dowbiggin, Pte Edward Magoolagan, Pte Isaac Rucastle, Pte Henry Taylor, Cpl Edward Ramskill, L/Cpl Edward Walton Briscoe, Pte Joseph Jackson, Gnr Ernest Wilcock. Fourth row (l-r): Capt Donald Morrison, Sgt Arthur Dean Blackburn, Pte James William Bell, Pte Leonard Nelson, L/Cpl John Edward Leeming, L/Cpl Albert Lister, Pte Percy Preston Whitfield, Cpl Tom Harry Smith, Cpl Thomas Walker Sanderson, Sgt William Patrick Tobin, Pte (Signaller) W. Wilkinson.
Courtesy of the artist, David Hartnup
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24 August 1917
AUTON - Died of wounds received in action on the Western Front, Pte. James Auton, Yorkshire Light Infantry, elder son of the late Mr. Samuel Auton, of Bentham, aged 23 years.
24 August 1917
HIGHER BENTHAM - DEATH OF PRIVATE JAMES AUTON
News reached his widowed mother on Saturday last that Pte. James Auton, of the Yorkshire Light Infantry, had been seriously wounded in the body and had died of wounds received in action. The deceased was the elder son of the late Samuel Auton, and had been three times to France. He was in his twenty-fourth year and was only married in March last just before proceeding to the Front for the last time. His only brother, Pte. Leonard Auton, is also at the Front.
14 September 1917
HIGHER BENTHAM - THE LATE PRIVATE JAMES AUTON
We reproduce a photograph of the late Private James Auton, Yorkshire Light Infantry, whose death from wounds received in action was recorded in the 'Craven Herald' on August 24th. He was the elder son of the late Mr. Samuel Auton, and was 23 years of age.
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24 August 1917
AUTON - Died of wounds, Pte. Jas. Auton, of the Yorkshire Light Infantry, son of Mrs. Auton, of Bentham, aged 23.
24 August 1917
BENTHAM
DEATH OF PRIVATE JAMES AUTON - News reached his widowed mother on Saturday last that Private James Auton, of the Yorkshire Light Infantry, had been seriously wounded in the body and had died of the wounds received in action. The deceased was the elder son of the late Samuel Auton and had been three times to France. He was in his twenty-fourth year, and was only married in March last, just before proceeding to the front for the last time. His only brother, Private Leonard Auton, is also at the front.
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