James Willie WHAITES

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Surname: WHAITES

Forename(s): James Willie

Place of Birth: Langcliffe, Yorkshire

Service No: 780749

Rank: Gunner

Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Field Artillery

Battalion / Unit: 'B' Battery 311th Brigade

Division: ---

Age: ---

Date of Death: 1917-04-17

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: I. D. 21.

CWGC Cemetery: BAILLEUL ROAD EAST CEMETERY, ST. LAURENT-BLANGY

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

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

Additional Information:

James Willie Whaites was the son of James and Sarah Jane Whaites, née Clemance. James, senior, was born at Ringland, Norfolk and Sarah Jane at Quethiock, Cornwall.

1891 Langcliffe, Yorkshire Census: Chapel Houses: James W. Whaites, aged 3 years, born Langcliffe, son of James and Sarah J. Whaites.

1901 Langcliffe, Yorkshire Census: James W. Whaites, aged 13 years, born Langcliffe, son of James and Sarah J. Whaites.

James, a quarryman, joined the West Riding Constabulary on the 14 December 1909. James resigned (compulsorily) 15 March 1912.

1911 Normanton, Yorkshire Census: 57, Cambridge Street - James Waites, aged 23 years, born Langcliffe, Yorkshire. [James, a policeman, was boarding with Frederick and Emily Fowkes.]

James was married to Hilda Winnifrid Hickling in 1913.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Gnr James W. Whaites, 780749, R.F.A.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Gnr James Willie Whaites, 780749, R.F.A. T[erritorial Force]. K. in A. 17.4.17.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Gnr James Willie Whaites, 780749, B/311 Bde R.F.A. Date and Place of Death: 17.4.17. In action. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow - Hilda W. £10 18s. 3d.

UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for James.

Photograph: 'Bradford Weekly Telegraph' (25 May 1917).

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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