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Surname: HALSTEAD
Forename(s): James
Place of Birth: Bacup, Lancashire
Service No: T/293646
Rank: Driver
Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Army Service Corps
Battalion / Unit: 555th H.T. Coy
Division: ---
Age: 37
Date of Death: 1919-02-06
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Q. 24-1/2.
CWGC Cemetery: GHYLL UNDENOMINATIONAL BURIAL GROUND, BARNOLDSWICK
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
James Halstead was the son of John Henry and Ellen Halstead, née Fielden. John was born at Pipping Bank near Bacup and Ellen at Bacup, Lancashire. John died in 1890 and Ellen married Thomas Sheldrick in 1904.
1891 Bacup, Lancashire Census: 12a, Yorkshire Street - James Halstead, aged 9 years, born Bacup, son of Ellen Halstead, widow.
1901 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: 6, East Parade - James Halstead, aged 19 years, born Bacup, Lancashire, son of Ellen Halstead, widow.
James was married to Ellen Strickland in 1903 and was the brother-in-law of Private Walter Strickland (165706) (q.v.).
1911 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: 46, Essex Street - James Halstead, aged 29 years, born Bacup, Lancashire, husband of Ellen Halstead.
The British Army Service Record for James Halstead exists but may be incomplete.
A short biography of James is included in: ‘Barnoldswick – A small Town’s part in conflicts 1800 to 2014’ by Peter Ian Thompson (2014).
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:
HALSTEAD, Driver James, aged 27 years, A.S.C., 50, Mosley Street, [Barnoldswick], accidentally killed, Clipstone Camp, Feb. 6, 1919.
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Driver James HALSTEAD
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Royal Army Service Corps
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