Name
James Frederick Akers
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
16/09/1916
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Corporal
26990
Somerset Light Infantry
6th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 2 A.
France
Headstone Inscription
NA
UK & Other Memorials
Ware Town Memorial,
St Mary’s Church Roll of Honour, Ware,
Hertfordshire Regiment Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford
Pre War
He was married to Mrs N Akers of 12 Cross Street, Ware (address at the time of his death).
Wartime Service
Formerly 242 Hertfordshire Regiment, but was an Acting Corporal in the Somerset Light Infantry at the time of his death.
He was first reported missing in September 1917, but by August 1918, his wife had been told that he had been killed.
Acknowledgments
Jonty Wild
