JAMES, Harry John

Rank: 
Signalman
Unit / Base: 
5 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Corps of Signals
Service: 
Army
Number: 
2575710
Died : 
Tuesday, August 6, 1940
Age: 
22
Signalman Harry John James died at Bridlington as a result of an accidental bayonet wound. Son of William Edmund and Alice Sarah James, of Sunbury-on-Thames, Middlesex. At the inquest the Coroner found that it was an accidental death, and the Board of Inquiry, presided over by Captain W.N. Cairns [more....], was closed after a second sitting on 14 Aug 1940. His funeral was attended by members of No.5 Commando including:
Major J.M.T.F. Churchill, 2i/c No.5 Commando [more....];
Captain G.R. Rees-Jones, OC No.5 Commando 4 Troop [more....];
Lieutenant F.C. Passy, Subaltern No.5 Commando 4 Troop [more....];
and 4 Troop.
 
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/17.
No.5 Commando War Diary, July - Nov 1940. National Archives file WO218/5.
Forum message 3263 [view....].
 
Notes
The CWGC and Casualty Lists do not show Commando Service.
 
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