Sapper 428448 James Roscoe
The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
Courtesy Ste M
Regiment/Unit: Royal Engineers - 2nd/2nd West Lancs Field Coy.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Age at death: 18
Date of death: 8th of August 1916
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: Thatto Heath, St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Thiepval Memorial - Pier and Face 8 A and 8 D.
Census details:
1901 - 3 years old James is living at 101 George Street, Govan, Lanarkshire with parents John (25), Mary W (23) and sister Jane (7 Mths). 1911 - Sees 13 years old schoolboy James living at 9 Poynter Street, Thatto Heath, St Helens with parents John (35), Mary Winifred (33) and four siblings: Jane Roscoe (10), Caleb Lawrence Roscoe (6), John Roscoe (3), Ellen Roscoe (1). Also at the address are boarders Jonathan Joseph Cunliffe (28) with his wife Elizabeth Cunliffe (26).
Notes:
MIC not found. Age taken from census.
MIC not found. Age taken from census.
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/Roscoe_J_428448.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser - Courtesy Ste M[/caption]
[pic]imgs/sppics/J_Roscoe_RE.jpg[/pic][caption]The inscription for Sapper James Roscoe on the Thiepval Memorial
(Photograph courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]
