Basic Details
Surname
Stansfield
Forenames
James
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He was married, to Emma Jane, and they had two children: he worked as a carter for a coal merchant but was also a Reservist and so was called up in August 1914. He survived being wounded once before he was killed. He was not found commemorated on any other Calderdale memorial that they researched.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Neuville-Vitasse
Cemetery
Neuville-Vitasse Road British Military Cemetery
Year of death
1917
Month of death
April
Day of death
9
Age at death
33
Manner of death as stated
Not stated on memorial
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action