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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ContributeSource: 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
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