Private 15929 James Fitton
Regiment/Unit: South Lancashire Regiment - 7th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1) France
Date Entered Therein: 11/08/1915
Age at death: 27
Date of death: 18th of December 1915
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: Wigan, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Merville Communal Cemetery - VI. A. 3.
BMD details:
Marriage: 23 Apr 1910 St George, Wigan, Lancashire, England James Fitton - 23, Collier, Bachelor, 2 Howard St. Minnie Vanes - 19, Weaver, Spinster, 2 Howard St. Groom's Father: John Fitton, (deceased), Joiner Bride's Father: Hugh Vanes, Labourer Witness: John Allen Johnson; Georgina Derbyshire Married by Banns by: Robert Marle Curate Register: Marriages 1908 - 1918, Page 48, Entry 96 Source: Original register at Wigan Archives. Vol 8c - Page 126.
Family details:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Fitton, Tom and Alice, of Manchester; husband of Minnie Fitton, of 25, Seed St., Whelley, Wigan. Address given at enlistment: 66 Walkers Lane, Sutton Manor, St Helens.
[pic]imgs/WW1_headstones/FittonJ_SLR.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Private James Fitton at Merville Communal Cemetery
(Photograph Courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]
