Name
George James
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
17/12/1918
29
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
35626
The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
7th Bn.
‘D’ Coy.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
HONNECHY BRITISH CEMETERY
Plot I Row B Grave 1
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hitchin Town Memorial,
St Mary's Church Roll of Honour, Hitchin,
Hitchin British Boys' School Memorial, Hitchin
Pre War
George attended Hitchin British Boys' School.
He was married to Catherine Elizabeth James and his home was at 42, Bedford Street, Hitchin. They had no children. He was one of five brothers serving in the forces; his elder brother had died earlier in the war as a result of service in the Dardanelles, two others were in the Royal Navy and another was in the army in France. His mother had already died.
Wartime Service
He joined the Army in June 1918 and went to France on the 4th October 1918 as a Company stretcher-bearer in ‘D’ Company of the 7th Battalion. He was given the Regimental Number 35626.
While clearing German artillery shells after hostilities had ceased, a shell was dropped and exploded killing seven men including George.
He is buried in Plot 1, Row B, Grave 1 in the Honnechy British Cemetery in France.
Acknowledgments
Adrian Dunne, David C Baines, Jonty Wild
