James Murray FAWCETT

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Surname: FAWCETT

Forename(s): James Murray

Place of Birth: Bentham, Yorkshire

Service No: 16898

Rank: L/Corporal

Regiment / Corps / Service: King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

Battalion / Unit: 2nd Battalion

Division: 28th Division

Age: 37

Date of Death: 1915-09-30

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 19 and 20.

CWGC Cemetery: ---

CWGC Memorial: LOOS MEMORIAL

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

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

Additional Information:

James Murray Fawcett was the son of Thomas and Catherine Fawcett, née Hatch. Thomas was born at Holme, Westmorland and Catherine at Preston, Lancashire.

1881 Bentham, Yorkshire Census: 2, Millhouses - James Fawcett, aged 3 years, born Bentham, son of Thomas and Catherine Fawcett.

1891 Lancaster, Lancashire Census: 11, Stanley Place - James Fawcett, aged 13 years, born Bentham, Yorkshire, son of Thos and Catherine Fawcett.

James was married to Ada Kirton in 1899.

1901 Lancaster, Lancashire Census: 34, Gerrard Street - James M. Fawcett, aged 23 years, born Bentham, Yorkshire, husband of Ada Fawcett.

1911 Accrington, Lancashire Census: 38, Empress Street - James Murray Fawcett, aged 33 years, born Bentham, Yorkshire, husband of Ada Fawcett.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: L/Cpl Jas Murray Fawcett, 16898, Royal Lancaster Regiment. Theatre of War: (1) France. Qualifying date [for 1914-15 Star]: 29 July 1915.

Data Source: Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19 Records

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

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