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WW1 Victim: H. James
Posted: 25 Mar 2009 10:39
by daggers
In looking into the 71 names on the WW1 memorial board at Liverpool Cricket Club, I have failed to find anything about "H. James". The club's membership records do not show anyone of this name, nor do the records of Liverpool (Rugby) Football Club who then shared the premises and the memorial. It is possible that the wrong initial has been given.
In those days most of the players had been at public schools and a high majority served as officers. No-one has been found to fit the bill.
If anyone has any ideas about this man I would be glad to hear from them.
Daggers
Posted: 25 Mar 2009 14:40
by dot326
I wonder if this might be a possibility even though it is Birkenhead based???
Dorothy
JAMES, HENRY VERNON
Initials: H V
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery
Unit Text: 41st Bty. 42nd Bde.
Age: 31
Date of Death: 12/04/1918
Additional information: Son of William Henry and Edith Emily James, of 108, Whetstone Lane, Birkenhead.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. F. 58.
Cemetery: LILLERS COMMUNAL CEMETERY
William Henry James was a Surveyor and Estate Agent
In 1901 Henry Vernon is a Pupil at St Chads College in Uttoxeter.
Posted: 25 Mar 2009 16:25
by daggers
Dot
Thanks for your suggestion. He seems a likely candidate as several of those on the memorial lived on the Wirral. His age, too, means that he might not have continued as a Rugby member up to the date of the earliest surviving membership records.
I shall see what else I can gather about him.
Daggers
Posted: 26 Mar 2009 14:48
by daggers
Thanks to Dot I followed up her suggestion and am now 99% sure that 'her' man is also mine.
The Birkenhead News [on scratchy fim] had an obit and pic, so with a little persuasion I may put the details into my file in ink, rather than pencil with a ???
Daggers
Posted: 26 Mar 2009 14:56
by MaryA
Well done Daggers, is that nearly the lot you've identified, or have you many more, I'm sure the crew will be eager to help if they are able!
Posted: 26 Mar 2009 18:28
by daggers
Mary
If I count in the latest 'capture', that is 100%. I have managed to find photos of about 55 of the 71 named on the memorial, some of them very scratchy from m/film and a few more expected when someone is able to scan them for me.
Many thanks to all who have helped in this exercise.
Daggers