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Identity
Person No.
22425
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
Schofield 2
First Name
James Humphrey Clare
Initials
J H C
Date of Birth
24 April 1888 112
Est. Birth Year
1888 (±1 yr) 369
Age at Death
28
Military Service
Rank
Lieutenant
Regiment
Durham Light Infantry 18
Unit
1st Bn. 626
Secondary Unit
attd. 15th Bn.
Defence Force
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
26 September 1916 119
Cause code
KIA 14,313
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,232
Killed in action, shell burst splinter hit him, while on trench repair, in front of Gueudecourt
Location
Country
France 5,136
Locality
Somme 2,465
Cemetery
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 959
Grave Reference
Pier and Face 14 A and 15 C. 3
Coordinates
50.05081, 2.68569
Memorial
Pier and Face 14 A and 15 C James Humphrey Schofield Photograph: South African War Graves Project.
Names on Pier and Face 14 A and 15 C
Memorial
Thiepval Memorial
Location
On the Somme battlefield at Thiepval, overlooking the Ancre valley
Address
8 Rue de l'Ancre, 80300 Thiepval, France
Coordinates
50.05081, 2.68569 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
Pier and Face 14 A and 15 C
On the panel
James Humphrey Schofield
Notes

Son of Sarah Schofield, of West Bank, Healey, Rochdale, Lancs., and the late Edward Schofield. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918

Research notes

Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 14 A and 15 C: named on photograph "James Humphrey Schofield". Photograph: South African War Graves Project. Date of birth recorded by the South African War Graves Project.

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