Private James L Wortley, 241804

  • Batt - 1/4
  • Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
  • Section -
  • Date of Birth -
  • Died - 26/04/1918
  • Age - 25

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Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of James and Mary Ann Wortley. His elder brother John H also fell. The War Diary for today records. A large number of 5.9 shells fell between FOUQUIERES and BETHUNE. One hit a tree in the camp and killed one man, wounding eleven others of this unit.

Leicestershire Project Findings
  • Conflict - World War I
  • Other Memorials - Shepshed Oaks & Charley
Research from Michael Doyle's Their Name Liveth For Evermore
  • Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
  • Cause of death - DIED OF WOUNDS
  • Burial Commemoration - Fouquieres Chyrd. Ext., France
  • Born - Shepshed, Leicestershire
  • Enlisted - Shepshed, Leicestershire
  • Place of Residence - Brook Street, Shepshed, Leicestershire, England
  • Memorial - SHEPSHED MEM., LEICS
  • Memorial - COUNCIL SCHOOL MEM., SHEPSHED, LEICS

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