PRIVATE JAMES, W E Rank: Private Service No: 629576 Date of Death: 05/11/1917 Aged: 25 Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry 47th Bn. Grave Reference I. C. 28. Cemetery POTIJZE CHATEAU GROUNDS CEMETERY: William E James was born on 12 August 1892 in Morland. His religion was given as C of E on his enlitment. James was 23 and single when he enlisted in Vernon, British Columbia on 28 August 1915 He was 5 feet 8 inches tall Had a chest measurement of 37 inches with an expansion of 3 inches. 1901 census Family living at Carleton Penrith Edmund James b1865 Cliburn Horseman on farm Margret James b1866 Scotland wife Jane E b 1889 Temple Sowerby Hellen M b.1891 Morland William E b.1893 Morland Margret S b. 1901 Carleton Thomas W Hindson b 1900 Penrith nursechiild James Farrar b.1871 Scotland Relation General labourer 1911 census Jame's family living at Greengill Syke Farm Morland Jane and Hellen and William are not on census William Edmund JAMES, was a servant, aged 18, a Domestic Groom, born Morland and resident Morland. ;additional children Beatrice Annie b.1905 Morland Eliza Agnes b.1907 Morland Thomas Hindson still with family Fredrick Taylor b.1888 Clifton Horseman in Farm William emigrated to Montreal Quebec Canada sailing on the Corsican from Liverpool on 6th November 1908-described as a labourer. He married in 1916 in Chester-le-Street His wife was Beatrice Annie Raine who was living at The King's Arms Morland in the 1911 census- her mother was the Innkeeper aged 50 who subsequently married John Parkin of Cragg House Sleagill in1916 . They had a child Herald Nov 1917 Photo . Information: Died 5.11.17 buried Potijze Chateau Grounds Cemetery West Vlaaden Belgium. Private WE James 47th Battalion Canadian Infantry Service No 629576 Herald 17th Nov1917 Mrs James has received official notice that her husband Private WE James Canadian Transport Section France was killed on 5th November by a shell bursting in the midst of them. He was killed instantly. Son of Mr H James Syke Farm Morland now of Vancouver Canada. He was formerly a groom in the employ of Colonel Markham and left there for Canada. He joined the army soon after the war broke out. He had been 15 months in France when he got leave and had only been back in France a few days when he was killed. Private James was only 25 years of age. He married Miss Raine daughter of Mrs Parkin of Sleagill and leaves her and one child. Herald 24th November Mrs James Backholme Lodge Lowther has received 2 letters regarding her husband Private WE James Canadian Contingent whose fall in France was recorded last week. The chaplain reported a shell made a direct hit on his tent at 4.30a.m. Captain Neal wrote 'not a finer or more trustworthy man in all my section...died having done his duty by serving his country in her hour of need....you will be glad to know he died instantly and without pain'. | ![]() This page is displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on the following days: June 10 & June 11 Next of Kin Listed as: Henry James of 1156 Rose Street, Vancouver, British Columbia |