Sgt .
James Greenan
Military Details
Service Number: 12553
Regiment & Unit / Ship
6th Border Regiment
Enlisted
31st August 1914
Awards and Medals
The 1914-15 Star
The Victory Medal
The Distinguished Conduct Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Serbian Gold Medal
Enlistment Details
Date of Enlistment
31/8/1914
Place of Enlistment
Maryport
Rank at Enlistment
Private
Battalion at Enlistment
6th
Service Number at Enlistment
12553
Service History
Awared the D.C.M., Awarded the Gold Medal for Bravery ( Serbia)
Personal Details
Date of Birth
29th July 1894
Place of Birth
Cleator Moor
Religion
R.C.
Residence (Census)
4 Gilmour Street , Maryport
Parents
James & Margaret Greenan ( nee Dalton)
Siblings
Patrick, Mary,Elizabeth,Margaret, Sarah , Ellen
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Labourer Coke Ovens
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
7th June 1917
Age at Death
23
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action
Place of Death
Ypres
Theater of Action
Flanders
Battle
Battle of Messines Ridge
Regiment at Death
Border Regiment
Battalion/Vessel at Death
6th
Rank at Death
Sgt .
Buried or Commemorated at
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