Cleator Moor World War Records

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James Park

Pte.
James Park

Military Details

Service Number: S/8906

Regiment & Unit / Ship

8th Seaforth Highlanders

Enlisted

September 1914

Awards and Medals

The Victory Medal

The Victory Medal

The British War Medal, 1914-18

The British War Medal, 1914-18

Enlistment Details

Date of Enlistment

September 1914

Place of Enlistment

Whitehaven

Residence at Enlistment

13. Church Street, Whitehaven, Cumberland, England

Rank at Enlistment

Pte.

Battalion at Enlistment

8th

Service Number at Enlistment

S/8906

Personal Details

Date of Birth

1986

Place of Birth

Cleator Moor

Address

13. Church Street, Whitehaven, Cumberland, England

Residence (Census)

13. Church Street, Whitehaven, Cumberland, England

Residence (Roll of Honour)

13. Church Street, Whitehaven, Cumberland, England

Siblings

Elizabeth Ann Park, Joseph Cannett Park, Edith Lillie Cannell

Education and Occupation

Occupation

Apprentice Plumber

Death and Memorial

Date of Death

19th August 1916

Age at Death

20

Circumstances of Death

Killed in Action

Place of Death

Somme

Theater of Action

France

Battle

Battle of the Somme

Regiment at Death

Seaforth Highlanders

Battalion/Vessel at Death

8th

Rank at Death

Pte.

Buried or Commemorated at

THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Grave Position: Pier and Face 15 C.

Private Memorial: St Johns War Memorial

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