Private 31757 James William BARDSLEY
8th Battalion, Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)formerly 1873, Cheshire Yeomanry.
Killed in action, Sunday 5th August 1917, France, Age 27
Home address:
13 Victoria Street, Newton, Hyde, Cheshire
Born:
1891, Hyde, Cheshire
Parents:
Julia Bardsley and William Henry Bardsley
13 Victoria Street, Newton, Hyde, Cheshire
Marital Status:
Single
Occupation:
Cotton Operative
Enlisted:
Hyde, Cheshire
Remembered:
Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, panel 37.
Link to Hyde:
Born in Hyde
James enlisted twice. The first time was on 15th October 1914 as Private 17476 in the Cheshire Regiment, but sixteen days later he was discharged unfit for service.
On British Army Pension Record age is given as 19 years and 14 day old, when his actual age was 23.
In the 1911 Census his name is given as William Bardsley.