Fox, James –

Son of James William and the late Mary J. Fox (nee Lindley), of 14, Ann Street, Kearsley, Lancashire, and stepson of Margaret Ritchie Fox (nee Jeffrey). An old boy of the Hollands School. Enlisted July 1915. A scout and a sniper. Killed instantaneously by a shell.

Personal details

  • Surname: Fox
  • Forename: James
  • Date of birth: Not known
  • Birth place: Kearsley, Lancashire
  • Place of residence: Kearsley, Lancashire
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: 22
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: October 27th, 1917
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Rank: Private
  • Unit: 4th/5th (Territorial) Battalion.
  • Service number: 242671
  • Regiment: Not known
  • Enlistment date: Not known
  • Enlistment location: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Conflict: Not known

Decorations

  • Service medals: Not known
  • Silver War badge: Not known
  • Awards: Not known

Memorials

  • CWGC Memorial: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
  • CWGC reference: Panel 102 to 104.

Local newspaper entries

  • Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 16/07/1915
  • Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 7i
  • Bolton Chronicle: 14/12/1917
  • Farnworth and Worsley Journal entries: 16/11/1917 16/11/1917 23/11/1917 30/11/1917 28/12/1917 02/08/1918 25/10/1918 27/12/1918

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