Son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Dunn, of 23, Hilton Street, Kearsley, Lancashire. Enlisted February 1915. Father, four brothers and a brother-in-law also served.
Dunn, James –
Personal details
- Surname: Dunn
- Forename: James
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Colne, Lancashire
- Place of residence: Kearsley, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 18
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: February 15th, 1917
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Private
- Unit: 15th (Carmarthenshire) (Service) Battalion.
- Service number: 20509
- Regiment: Welsh [Welch] Regiment
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Farnworth, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: St / V / BW
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Farnworth "Fallen In The Fight" Book
- Farnworth WWI War Memorial - Farnworth
- Kearsley War Memorial Cross (WWI Plaque)
- St. Gregory's R.C. Church 1914-1918 Memorial - Farnworth
- CWGC Memorial: Bard Cottage Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- CWGC reference: II. C. 11.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 26/02/1915 25/06/1915
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 7f 6f
- Farnworth and Worsley Journal entries: 02/03/1917 06/07/1917 28/12/1917 18/01/1918 15/02/1918