Rifleman 21550 James Wilde
Regiment/Unit: South Lancashire Regiment - 1st/5th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Age at death: 22
Date of death: 14th of April 1918
Born: Unknown
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Vieille-Chapelle New Military Cemetery Lacouture - III. B. 4.
Family details:
Next-of-kin from service papers: Mrs Mary Elanor McMillan (foster mother) 3 Cottage Homes, Fazakerley, Liverpool. Address at enlistment: Boys Hostel, Ravenhead, St Helens. No known family.
Census details:
1911 census James Wilde 14, birth place not known is a scholar at Cottage Homes, Fazakerley, Liverpool
Notes:
Age taken from service papers. Mrs Mary E McMillan is the matron of Cottage Homes, Fazakerley, Liverpool. Cottage Homes consisted of 19 cottages with 9 rooms to a cottage.
Age taken from service papers. Mrs Mary E McMillan is the matron of Cottage Homes, Fazakerley, Liverpool. Cottage Homes consisted of 19 cottages with 9 rooms to a cottage.
[pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/21550_James_Wilde_zps3962f978.jpg[/pic][caption]A letter to the War Office from a concerned friend[/caption]
[pic]imgs/sppics/J_Wilde_SLR.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Rifleman James Wilde at
Vieille-Chapelle New Military Cemetery, Lacouture
(Photograph courtesy of R Houghton)[/caption]
