Lance Corporal 10886 James Crompton
Regiment/Unit: South Lancashire Regiment - 2nd Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Age at death: 31
Date of death: 21st of August 1918
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Locre No10 Cemetery - B. 17.
BMD details:
Marriage: 23/06/1908 James Crompton to Mary A Hodkinson at Haydock St James.
Family details:
Mother Elizabeth is sole legatee.
Census details:
1891 - 3 years old schoolboy James is living at 88 Lyon Street, St Helens with parents James (44), Elizabeth (38) and six siblings: William (19), George (17), Ellen (15), Ann (12), Elizabeth (7), Percival (1). 1901 - Shows 13 years old James living at 62 Lyon Street, St Helens with parents James (55), Elizabeth (49) and six siblings: William (29), Anne (22), Elizabeth (17), Percival (11), Mary (9), Agnes (7). 1911 - Sees 23 years old 'Stoker At Glass Works' James living at 4 Eldon Street, St Helens with wife Mary Alice (20) and daughter Elizabeth (2).
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/10886JamesCrompton.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption]
[pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/J_Crompton_SLR_zps892e3db9.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Lance Corporal James Crompton at Locre No,10 Cemetery
(Photograph courtesy of Frederik Sohier)[/caption]
