Elder son of Thomas Henry and Mary Alice Eckersley, of Myrtle House, 77, Park Road, Bolton, Lancashire. An old boy of Bolton Municipal Secondary School. Formerly 41023, Cheshire Regiment. Formerly a Lance Corporal in the King’s Liverpool Regiment.
Eckersley, James –
Personal details
- Surname: Eckersley
- Forename: James
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Bolton, Lancashire
- Place of residence: Bolton, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 20
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: March 23rd, 1918
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Private
- Unit: 16th (2nd Salford) (Service) Battalion.
- Service number: 51976
- Regiment: Lancashire Fusiliers
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Bolton, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: Not known
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Bolton (Victoria Square) War Memorial and Bolton County Borough Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Book (Hall of Remembrance)
- Bolton Municipal Secondary School
- Bolton Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Printed Book (Library / History Centre)
- CWGC Memorial: Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- CWGC reference: XIII. I. 2.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 05/04/1918
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 6c/d/f*