James William Halford
Service Number
R/8618
Military Unit
10th Bn King's Royal Rifle Corps
Date of birth
Date of Death
21 Feb 1916 (27 years old)
Place of Birth
Newthorpe
Employment, Education or Hobbies
In 1911 James William was a lace hand and Elizabeth worked as a spinner.
- Family History
- Military History
- Extra Information
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Family History
James William Halford was born at Newthorpe Nottinghamshire in 1888, his wife Elizabeth (née Clay) in 1889 at Nottingham. Married in 1907 at Nottingham, they had two children, both born in Nottingham:- Lillian May b.1908 and William James b.1910. In 1911 the family was living at 4 Haughton Place Holland Street Hyson Green Nottingham. At the time of James’s death the family were living at 3 Belvedere Place Saville Street Hyson Green.
Military History
Rifleman James William Halford, enlisted at Nottingham and served with the 10th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps. He landed in France on 22nd July 1915 and was killed in action on 21st February 1916. He is buried in La Belle Alliance Cemetery Belgium Grave Reference B 1.
Extra Information
Unknown
Photographs
This photograph, published in the Nottingham Evening Post on 22nd May 1916 , is courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918.