Military History

Theatre of War	Medals	Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial
Home	1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals	Long Compton Churchyard Cemetery
Arrived in Theatre	Medal Citation (if app)	SWFHS Area Memorials
18 Sep 1915 - Gallipoli	~	Long Compton
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed	Date and Place Enlisted	Other Military Service Information
Died of the effects of Dysentery	23 Nov 1914 at Oxford	16 Feb 1916 - Arrived in Mesopotamia
		12 May 1917 - Admitted to Hospital, Amara
Place of Death	Previous Regiments or Units	28 Dec 1918 - Again hospitalised
Long Compton	Royal Garrison Artillery	30 May 1919 - Discharged with dystentery

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)           

James was originally admitted to 32nd British General Hospital in Amara on 12 May 1917 with dysentery and it total suffered 7 bouts of dysentery, the first of which seems to have been on 29 May 1916 and his discharge medical notes state that although he had now tested negative 3 times he looked pale and debilitated . He was discharged to the Reserve on 30 May 1919 with dysentery and died at home of disease on 6 Feb 1920. He is buried in a private grave at Long Compton Church.