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.