Name
James Revell
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
23/07/1918
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
35643
Hertfordshire Regiment
1st/1st Bn
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
RAPERIE BRITISH CEMETERY, VILLEMONTOIRE
I. B. 1.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Croxley Green Village Memorial, Croxley Green
All Saints' Church Shrine, Croxley Green
Rickmansworth Town Memorial
Pre War
James was born in Croxley Green in the second half of 1885 and so he would have been about 32 when he died. His parents, Henry and Maria, lived at Copthorne Cottages on the Green. In 1911, Henry was a widower with 9 surviving children. James was still living at home and working as a paper mill labourer. However, he is not listed on the Dickinson memorial.
Enlisted at Croxley Green.
Wartime Service
Formerly 98233 R. A. M. C. Later, 1st Battalion Herefordshire Regiment, 34th Division, died on 23 July and is remembered at Villemontoire cemetery, south of Soissons. The cemetery is connected with the victorious advance of the 15th (Scottish) and 34th Divisions from 23 July to 2 August. James was the older brother of John Revell who died the month before.
Additional Information
Brother of Lance Corporal John Josiah Revell who was killed in action on 19 Jun 1918 and who is also commemorated on this memorial.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, ‘Croxley Green in the First World War’ by Brian Thomson (Rickmansworth Historical Society 2014)
