Basic Details
Surname
Lucy
Forenames
James Foxhall
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 21 St Margaret's Road. It wrongly states he died on 1/4/1918.

(CWGC records that Private J F Lucy, regimental number 562, died on 11/4/1918 serving in the 15th Battalion of the Army Cyclist Corps, and is buried in grave I.C.13 at La Kreule Military Cemetery at Hazebrouck in France. James' Army service file records that he was 29 years and 7 months old, living at 21 St Margaret's Road in Old Fletton, when he enlisted in the Army Cyclist Corps (regimental number 562) on 15/12/1914, having formerly served in the Hunts Cyclist Battalion under regimental number 478; his next of kin was his wife, Clara Lucy. He disembarked in France on 24/12/1914, and on 11/5/1916 he was posted to the 15th Battalion. He was wounded in April 1918 and taken to No 1 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, where he died from his wounds on 11/4/1918. On the 1901 census James had been living with his parents, James and Sarah Lucy, in London Road, Fletton. His birth had been registered in Peterborough in 1885).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Hunts Cyclists
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
1st
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
Not stated
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1918
Month of death
April
Day of death
1
Manner of death as stated
"Died of Wounds 1 April 1918 [sic]"
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds
Personal Details
Address
21 St Margarets Road
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial