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Surname: FLETCHER
Forename(s): James Clarence
Place of Birth: Skipton, Yorkshire
Service No: 41267
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Scots Fusiliers
Battalion / Unit: 2nd Battalion
Division: 9th (Scottish) Division
Age: 20
Date of Death: 1918-10-25
Awards: M.M.
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 60 to 61.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
James Clarence Fletcher was the son of James and Kate Fletcher, née Furness. Both parents were born at Skipton, Yorkshire.
1901 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 68, Westgate - James Clarance Fletcher, aged 3 years, born Skipton, son of James and Kate Fletcher.
1911 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 68, Westgate - James Clarance Fletcher, aged 13 years, born Skipton, son of James and Kate Fletcher.
The British Army Service Record for James [Clarence] Fletcher exists but may be incomplete.
James is commemorated in the Rolls of Honour at the Scottish National War Memorial, Edinburgh.
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:
FLETCHER, James Clarence, aged 20, Royal Scots Fusiliers, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Fletcher, 68, Westgate, Skipton, killed Oct. 25, 1918.
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Private James Clarence FLETCHER
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Royal Scots Fusiliers
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 9th (Scottish) Division
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22 November 1918
Skipton Military Medalist Killed
Mr. and Mrs. James Fletcher, of 68 Westgate, Skipton, received the sad news last week-end that their son, Private James Clarence Fletcher, Royal Scots Fusiliers, had been killed in action on October 25th last. Deceased, who was twenty years of age, was home on leave recently, and had only been back at the front a fortnight when he met his death. He had previously gone through some heavy fighting without receiving a scratch, and was awarded the Military Medal in July last, and had since been recommended for the bar. He enlisted in September, 1916, and had been in France about fifteen months. In civil life he was a green-grocer on his own account.
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22 November 1918
FLETCHER – Pte. James Clarence Fletcher, killed in action Oct. 25th, aged 20, only beloved son of Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher, 68, Westgate, Skipton.
22 November 1918
Skipton Military Medallist Killed
Official news has been received that Pte. James Clarence Fletcher, Royal Scots Fusiliers, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Fletcher, 68 Westgate, Skipton, was killed in action on October 25th. Pte. Fletcher, who was 20 years of age, enlisted in September, 1916, and had been out in France just over 15 months. He was awarded the Military Medal last July, and had since been recommended for the bar to his medal. He had seen a good deal of heavy fighting. He had been home on leave, and had only been back in France a fortnight when he met his death. He formerly carried on business as a greengrocer on his own account in Skipton.
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Private James C Fletcher was awarded the Military Medal for Bravery in the Field.