Ernest Edward James
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1894, Knighton
September 1914, Gorseinon, Glamorganshire
A/Cpl, 13937
10th (Service) Battalion. Devonshire Regiment
22nd September 1915
7, George Road, Knighton
6-7 August 1915
10th February 1917, Salonika, Northern Greece.
23 years
DOIRAN MEMORIAL
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
1915 Star British War Medal Victory Medal
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Thomas
Eliza (nee Vaughan)
Richard
Arthur Thomas
William
Mary Ann
John Albert
Frank Osmond
Gertrude Alice
Harold Joseph
31 Dec 1861 -
05 Dec 1863 -
1883 -
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1887 -
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1897 - 10th July 1916
29th March 1900 -
1903 -
The Brecon Radnor Express - 30th September 1915
Mr and Mrs T. James (George Lane, Knighton) have six sons serving in the Army, and a seventh son is a keen member of Knighton Boy Scouts. They are as follow :-
Pte. J. A. James (8231). "C" Company, 1st Herefordshire Regiment;
Pte. E. E. James, (13937), "B" Company, 10th Devons;
Pte. F. James (17038), "B" Company, 8th Bedfords;
Trooper R. James (67111), "A" Squadron, 3rd Troop, A.S.C.; Driver-
Saddler W. James (1/302, 7808), No. 3 Section, 17th Reserve Park, A.S.C.
Trooper A. T. James, Australian Light Horse.
Trooper R. James has been wounded.
