Name
James Allfrey Andrews
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
01/07/1916
26
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Captain
Devonshire Regiment
2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.2
XV. B. 14.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath Plaque in St Mary’s Church, Salehurst, East Sussex
Pre War
Born on 20 Apr 1890 in Aldershot, Farnham, Surrey son of Lt. Col. James Walker and Emily (Allfrey) Andrews of "Bantony" Robertsbridge, Sussex. Educated at Haileybury College 1905-08. He was unmarried.
Wartime Service
He fought in the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916 at Ovillers-la-Boiselle, Somme, France. On that first day of the battle he was killed in action while leading an attack as second in command on Ovillers-la-Boiselle.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
