Military History

Theatre

Action/Battle/Other

Battle of Arras

Place of Death

nr Monchy-le-Preux

 

Medals

Medal Citation (if app)

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Enlisted Date/Place

5 Aug 1914 at Northampton

Other Military Information & Regiments/Units

• 18 Mar 1902 - enlisted in Northamptonshire Yeomanry
• 1 Oct 1910 - Awarded the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal (Long Service) Medal
• 5 Aug 1914 - Quarted Master Sergeant 51, Northamptonshire Yeomanry
• 17 Jul 1915 - Commissioned to 2nd Lt (Gazetted 6 Aug 1915)

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)

The war diary states that on 10th April the battalion formed to the west of Orange Hill in prepartion for supporting an attack the following day by 37th Div on Monchy-le-Preux. The battalion were to sieze and then hold a line between Boiry-Notre-Dame and the River Scarpe to the west of Pelves. The attack went well all objectives were taken and some the battalion found themselves surplus to requirements and they retired back to the positions at Orange Hill. After seizing the objectives the battalion came under heavy shell fire and, according to newspaper reports, James was killed during the shelling.

Map of Operations around Monchy	Arras Memorial

Birth Date & Place

Baptism Date & Place

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Parents

James Frederick & Elizabeth Goodman

Wife & Marriage

Children

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Occupation(s)

• 1901 - Farmers son
• 1911 - Grazier

Schools & Colleges

• Wellingborough Grammar

Address History

• 1891 - Hill House, Flecknoe
• 1901 - House on the Hill, Wolfhamcote
• 1911 - Flecknoe

Other Information

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