Name
James Burrell Stamford
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
30/11/1917
25
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Gunner
203032
Royal Field Artillery
"B" Battery, 77th Brigade
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL
Panel 1
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Royston Town War Memorial
Pre War
Son of James and Hannah Maria Stamford, of Royston, Herts.
Wartime Service
Struck by a shell slinter whilst manning his gun and originally buried at Graincourt. His grave was lost and his name is recorded on the Cambrai Memorial to the missing.
Additional Information
James is also commemorated on the family headstone in Rickmansworth (Chorley Road) Cemetery. His part of the inscription reads:
ALSO OF GUNNER JAMES BURRELL STAMFORD RFA
SON OF THE ABOVE [James & Hannah Stamford]
WHO FELL IN THE BATTLE OF CAMBRAI NOVEMBER 30TH 1917 AGED 25 YEARS
xx? Xx? HEARTS WE LEAVE BEHIND IS NOT xx?
Acknowledgments
Paul Johnson
