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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. Ellen was the sister 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.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Dvr James Halstead, T/293646, R.A.S.C. Date and Place of Death: 6.2.19. Clipstone Camp, Notts. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Grantees - Elizabeth Strickland and Robert G. Anderton. £8 15s. 10d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for James. Name(s) on card(s): Dependant: Mrs Elizabeth Strickland, born 1850. Relationship: Mother-in-law and guardian of child. Address: 50, Mosley Street, Barnoldswick, Yorks. Children: Allan Halstead, born 21.7.16. Date of Mothers death: 8.9.16.
The 1921 Census shows that Allan was living with his grandparents, Alfred and Elizabeth Strickland, at 50, Mosley Street, Barnoldswick. The 1939 Register shows that Allan was still living at the same address with two of his aunts, Nancy G. and Elizabeth Strickland. Allan married Mary Ada Southern in 1941; he died in 1989.
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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14 February 1919
ACCIDENTALLY KILLED AT CLIPSTONE – BARNOLDSWICK SOLDIER’S SAD FATE
We regret to record the death, as the result of an accident at Clipstone Camp, Notts. yesterday week, of Driver James Halstead, A.S.C., of 50 Mosley Street, Barnoldswick. From the evidence given at the inquest held at Clipstone on Friday, it appears that Halstead was driving a waggon and pair of horses, accompanied by three other men, in the direction of Mansfield, the waggon being heavily laden. When going down a steep hill he noticed an army motor-lorry in front of him, the driver of which had stopped to attend to the engine. The motor-lorry remained stationary until Halstead got within a few yards, when the driver re-started his engine, then crossed in front of the horses’ heads. To avoid running into the lorry Halstead pulled quickly to his proper side of the road and the front wheels of the waggon ran into the ditch, Halstead being thrown off between the horses, one of which fell on top of him. He died from a fracture of the skull before reaching hospital. A verdict of accidental death was returned.
Driver Halstead was 37 years of age and a widower with one child. He joined up in January 1917 and was anticipating demobilisation on the 17th inst. Before enlisting he was employed by Messrs. Widdup and Sons, Moss Shed, and had for many years been a member of the Wesleyan Church choir.
The funeral took place at Gill Cemetery, Barnoldswick. The Rev. A. Bradfield officiated, and members of the Wesleyan choir acted as bearers.
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