Basic Details
Surname
Osbourne
Forenames
M F
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative surname
Osborn
Alternative forename
Jabez James
Served or died
Died
Service number
51422
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 23 Wellington Street. It correctly recorded his regimental number and date of death etc, but mistakenly listed him under the initials of his widow (Margaret Frances), rather than his own forenames - Jabez James. The Roll also misspelt his surname, which was legally 'Osborn', as which his birth was registered (but is misspelt as 'Osborne' by CWGC).

[N.B. The Roll is known to include numerous errors, including: misspelt names and inaccurate date/place of death, service number/ rank/ military unit etc; several casualties were mistakenly listed on it twice [i.e. under their true name and also the alias under which they served]; several other men were listed on it due to the mistaken belief they had died, whereas they had actually survived].
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Royal Fusiliers
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Arras
Country of burial
Not stated
Town of burial
Not stated on memorial
Cemetery
Not stated
Year of death
1917
Month of death
April
Day of death
9
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action at Arras
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action