Basic Details
Surname
Anderson
Forenames
James
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
22684
Notes
The Roll of Honour lists his address as "Late of Bright Street".

(CWGC records that Private James Anderson, regimental number 22684, died aged 20 on 15/7/1917 serving in the 5th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment; he is buried in grave I.A.10 at Monchy British Cemetery at Monchy-le-Preux in France. They record him as a native of Peterborough, and as the son of Mrs Emily Anderson of 53 St John's Road, Waterloo, Liverpool. The birth of James Anthony Anderson was registered in Peterborough in 1897. On the 1901 census he and his parents Jacob and Emily were living at Salisbury Terrace, 35 Monument Street, Peterborough; on the 1911 census he was living with his widowed mother Emily at 5 Bright Street in Peterborough. Soldiers Died in the Great War records that he enlisted in Peterborough. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that he died of wounds, and that his mother Emily was his legatee).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army (British)
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Northants Regt
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
5th
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
Not Stated on Memorial
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1917
Month of death
July
Day of death
15
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
LATE OF BRIGHT .....
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial