Private M/205910 James Meadows
The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
Courtesy Ste M
Regiment/Unit: Royal Army Service Corps - 898th M.T. Coy. (Liverpool)
Theatre of War: Home
Age at death: 24
Date of death: 20th of August 1917
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: Ince-in-makerfield
Burial / Memorial: Ince-In-Makerfield Cemetery - Screen Wall. C. C.E. 1070B.
BMD details:
Birth reg Q3 1893 Prescot, Vol 8b page 709. Mother's maiden name Woodward. Marriage: 22/11/1914 James MEADOWS to Fanny L CAWLEY at St Helens Parish Church.
Family details:
Widow: Fanny L. Mrs Mary A Bebbington.
Census details:
1901 : James 7 is living with his parents James & Ellen and siblings May 20, Jonathon 16, Isaac 13, Ellen 11 and Martha 4 at 59 Doulton Street, St Helens
Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=27]Remembered On St Lukes Church WW1 Memorial, Knowsley Road.[/url] Death of James reported in Wigan Observer 28 Aug 1917. James was riding a bicycle in Ilchester, Somerset when he collided with a lorry and died from his injuries. He was aged 24, married with one child. A John Bebbington of Higher Ince Wigan, Uncle of James Meadows, gave evidence at the inquest, James had enlisted in 1916 before which he was a driver employed at Wild's Spinning Works. Age taken from the newspaper report.
[url=lmem.php?lmem=27]Remembered On St Lukes Church WW1 Memorial, Knowsley Road.[/url] Death of James reported in Wigan Observer 28 Aug 1917. James was riding a bicycle in Ilchester, Somerset when he collided with a lorry and died from his injuries. He was aged 24, married with one child. A John Bebbington of Higher Ince Wigan, Uncle of James Meadows, gave evidence at the inquest, James had enlisted in 1916 before which he was a driver employed at Wild's Spinning Works. Age taken from the newspaper report.
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/M205910JamesMeadows.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption]
