Name
James Richard Mead
1897
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
16/12/1917
20
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Driver
890237
Royal Field Artillery
270th Brigade
'B' Battery
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY
AA. 64.
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hertford Town Memorial, St Andrew’s Church Memorial, Hertford, St Andrew’s Church Roll of Honour, Hertford, Diocese - Book of Remembrance, St Albans Cathedral, St Albans (*1), Diocese of St Albans - ROH, St Albans Cathedral, St Albans (*1)
Pre War
Born in 1897 in 33 St Andrew’s Street, Hertford son of James and Elizabeth Agnes (Whittaker) Mead, of 16C, Rix's Yard, St. Andrew Street, Hertford.
Wartime Service
Enlisted at Hertford initially 1193 Private R. F. A., entered France on 18 Nov 1915 and died in Palestine.
Additional Information
*1 The St Albans Cathedral Diocese clarification. These records list two men: 'J Mead' and 'J R Mead' - as does the Hertford Town Memorial. For the former it also records that he was a Driver in the Royal Regiment of Artillery (Royal Field Artillery). We have attributed these facts to the James Richard Martin and this because several military records confirm this, it is of course quite possible that both men served in the RFA and there are a number of candidates for 'J Martin' but so far we have been unable to link any of them to Hertford.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Jonty Wild
