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Surname: MIDDLETON
Forename(s): James Willie
Place of Birth: Skipton, Yorkshire
Service No: 203846
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: East Lancashire Regiment
Battalion / Unit: 2/5th Battalion
Division: 66th (2/East Lancashire) Division
Age: 34
Date of Death: 1917-12-03
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Coll. Grave I. B. 1.
CWGC Cemetery: TYNE COT CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
James Willie Middleton was the son of Richard and Alice Middleton, née Wood. Richard was born at Keighley, Yorkshire and Alice at Macclesfield, Derbyshire.
1891 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 10, King Street - James Willie Middleton, aged 7 years, born Skipton, son of Richard and Alice Middleton.
1901 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 10, Belgrave Street - James W. Middleton, aged 17 years, born Skipton, son of Richard and Alice Middleton.
1911 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 9, Cowper Street - James Willie Middleton, aged 27 years, born Skipton. [James was boarding with Elizabeth Ellen Maddison, widow.]
James Willie Middleton was married to Mary Jane Driver in 1911.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte James W. Middleton, 203846, E. Lan. R.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte James Willie Middleton, 203846, 2/5th East Lancs.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte James Willie Middleton, 203846, 2/5 Bn East Lancs. Date and Place of Death: 3.12.17 in Action. Belgm. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow - Mary J. £8 13s. 1d.
James is buried in a collective grave with Private Tom Greenwood (203995) and Private Wilfred Turner (204023). All three were probably killed in the same dug-out when it was hit by a shell.
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:
MIDDLETON, J. W., aged 34, East Lancs., 7, Nelson Street, Skipton, killed in action Dec. 2, 1917.
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Private James Willie MIDDLETON

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: East Lancashire Regiment

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 66th (2/East Lancashire) Division
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