Basic Details
Surname
Jakes
Forenames
Arthur
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
16173
Notes
The Roll lists his address as Cumbergate.

(CWGC records that Lance Corporal A Jakes, regimental number 16173, died on 7/3/1917 serving in 2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, and is buried in grave II.D.39 at Bray Military Cemetery in France. Soldiers Died in the Great War records that he was a native of Castor who enlisted in Peterborough. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that he died at 48 Casualty Clearing Station in France, and that his parents, Hannah and John, were his legatees. On the 1911 census Arthur had been aged 16, living with his parents Hannah and John in Castor).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Northants Regt
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
2nd
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Cpl
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
March
Day of death
7
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
CUMBERGATE
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial