Private
James Kerr
Military Details
Service Number: 446654
Regiment & Unit / Ship
28th Bttn Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regt)
Enlisted
6 May 1915
Awards and Medals
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Date of Enlistment
6 May 1915
Place of Enlistment
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Residence at Enlistment
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Rank at Enlistment
Private
Battalion at Enlistment
56th O/S
Service Number at Enlistment
446654
Service History
Reported missing in September 1916 subsequently deemed to have been Killed in Action on or around 15 Sept.
Personal Details
Date of Birth
25 June 1886
Place of Birth
Cleator
Religion
C of E
Address
Lightburn Road , Ulverston, Lancashire, England.
Residence (Census)
32. Main Street, Cleator ,Cumberland
Residence (Roll of Honour)
Lightburn Road , Ulverston, Lancashire, England.
Parents
Robert & Hannah Kerr
Siblings
Mary
Education and Occupation
School
Cleator County School
Occupation
Clerk
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
15th September 1916
Age at Death
31
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action
Place of Death
Somme
Theater of Action
France
Battle
Battle of the Somme
Regiment at Death
Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regt)
Battalion/Vessel at Death
28th Bttn
Rank at Death
Private
Notes
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Vimy Memorial
Private Memorial: Men of Cleator and Trumpet Terrace Main St Cleator
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