Frank Osmond James
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1897, Knighton
Swansea
Private, 17038
6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment
7, George Road, Knighton
Killed in Action, 10th July 1916
19 years
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
British War Medal Victory Medal
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Thomas
Eliza (nee Vaughan)
Richard
Arthur Thomas
William
Mary Ann
John Albert
Ernest Edward
Gertrude Alice
Harold Joseph
31 Dec 1861 -
05 Dec 1863 -
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1894 - 10th February 1917
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.