Name
James Cecil Webdale
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
04/02/1917
23
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
61021
Royal Fusiliers *1
7th (City of London) Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.1
Beaucourt-sur-Ancre Brit Cem Mem 9
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
St Albans Citizens Memorial,
Town Hall (old) Memorial, St Albans,
St Albans School Memorial
Pre War
Only son of Robert and Miriam Florence Ellen Webdale.
Educated at St Albans School.
Address given as 2 Upper Lattimore Road, St Albans.
Wartime Service
Killed in action.
Additional Information
James is also commemorated on the family grave in St. Albans (Hatfield Road) Cemetery. His part of the inscription reads:
ALSO OF PTE. JAMES CECIL WEBDALE
ROYAL FUSILIERS ONLY SON OF THE ABOVE [Robert & Miriam Florence Ellen Webb Dale] KILLED IN ACTION ON FEB 4TH 1917 AND BURIED AT BEAUCOURT-SUR-ANCRE FRANCE AGED 23 YEARS
FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH
*1 Probably more correctly (City of London) Bn.
London Regiment.
Acknowledgments
Gareth Hughes
