Name
James (Wallace) Wallis
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
18/05/1915
36
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
4/7070
Bedfordshire Regiment
2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY
III.D.86
France
UK & Other Memorials
Holy Trinity Church Memorial, Weston
Pre War
Born in Weston in 1879 to James and Mary Wallis of Maiden Street, Weston, Nr Stevenage, Herts. Married Frances Aylott in 1903. They lived at Halls Green, where their two children, Ivy and Bert were born. His wife died in 1908 and on the 1911 Census he and his two children were living with his parents and family at Maiden Street, Weston, where he is listed as a widower and working as a farm labourer. James enlisted in the army and served as a corporal in the Boer War and he returned home safely. Re-enlisted at Hertford for World War I.
Wartime Service
He was wounded in the battle for Festubert on 16 May, according to family letters, and died two days later from his wounds.
Additional Information
War gratuity of £3 awarded to mother Mary. On Census returns, birth, marriage and death registrations the name is spelt Wallis, but on some military documents is spelt as Wallace.
Acknowledgments
Peter Handy, Brenda Palmer
