Private 16100 James Wadsworth
Regiment/Unit: King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 7th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1) France
Date Entered Therein: 22/07/1915
Age at death: 30
Date of death: 6th of March 1916
Born: Billinge, Wigan
Resided: Pontefract
Burial / Memorial: Bard Cottage Cemetery - I. D. 9.
BMD details:
Marriage to Ann Eliza Steeples registered 4th Qtr 1905 at Wakefield, Yorkshire. Vol 9c - Page 83.
Census details:
1891 - 5 years old James is living at 8 Sims Lane, Ashton In Makerfield with parents John (31), Mary (31) and four siblings: Mary H (11), Martha (10), William (4), Maria (1). 1901 - 15 years old 'Colliery Labourer' James is living at 152 Billinge Road, Ashton In Makerfield with parents John (43), Mary E (43) and eight siblings: Martha (20), William (13), Maria (11), Eliza (10), John (7), Joseph (6), Ann (4), Esther (2). 1911 - Sees 25 years old 'Coal Miner' James living at 6 Gundills Yard, Horsefair, Pontefract with wife of six years Annie (35). They are living at the home of James Walker (29), his wife Eliza Walker (25) and daughter Elsie Walker (Under 1 mnth).
Notes:
James was born 12 March 1886 in Longshaw End Billinge, the son of John Wadsworth & Mary Jane Halliwell. He and Annie had 2 children Lucy Wadsworth Roby b 1911 and James Wadsworth Roby b 1916, after James death Annie and the children returned to St Helens and settled in Elephant Lane, Thatto Heath. Age taken from census.
James was born 12 March 1886 in Longshaw End Billinge, the son of John Wadsworth & Mary Jane Halliwell. He and Annie had 2 children Lucy Wadsworth Roby b 1911 and James Wadsworth Roby b 1916, after James death Annie and the children returned to St Helens and settled in Elephant Lane, Thatto Heath. Age taken from census.
[pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/16100_J_Wadsworth_KOYLI_zps223f6ad3.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Private James Wadsworth at Bard Cottage Cemetery
(Photo courtesy of Frederik Sohier)[/caption]
