Name
James Kerr
1864
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
18/07/1918
54
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
1669
Inns of Court Officer Training Corps
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Searched but not found
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
AYLESBURY CEMETERY
X. 87.
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
None
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the Berkhamsted memorials
Pre War
James Kerr was born in 1864 in Carluke, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, the son of John and Mary Kerr of Lanark, Scotland.
On the 1871 Census James was living with his mother at Brackenhill Row, Carluke, Lanarkshire. She was then the head of the household. By the 1881 Census he was living as a boarder at Merry and Cunninghams, Blantyre and working as a coal miner.
In 1887 he joined the Highland Light Infantry under a short service attestation and served under Reg. No. 2718, (probably for a period of three years).
He married Kate Bingham on 26 April 1891 at St Andrew's Church, Fulham, West Kensington. His occupation was then given as Groom and his address as 75 Bramber Road. Southwark.
On the 1911 Census James and his wife were living at 8a Jubilee Buildings, Southwark, London. He was working as a caretaker at the Inns of Court and his three children, Thomas, Charles and Lilian were living with them.
His widow remained at the same address following his death.
Wartime Service
He joined in London as a Private with the Inns of Court Officer Training Corps.
The Inns of Court Officers Training Corps took men from the legal profession and trained them to be officers. It was a territorial army unit based in Chancery Lane, London, but outgrew its premises after the outbreak of war and set up a training camp in tents on Berkhamsted Common and remained there until June 1919.
James died from broncho pneumonia on 18 July 1918, aged 54, and is buried at Aylesbury Cemetery, Bucks.
Additional Information
His widow received a war gratuity of £9 15s and pay owing of £7 19s 10d. She also received a pension of 15 shillings a week.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Jonty Wild
