ANDREWS James Oswald

  • First Name(s):
    James 
    Oswald 
  • Surname:
    ANDREWS
  • Service Number:
    3025
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Cavalry
  • Regiment:
    1st/1st Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars (Worcester Yeomanry)
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    29th April 1916
  • Age At Death:
    23
  • Cause of Death:
    Died of wounds
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt, Grave C. 8.
  • Place of Birth:
    Born and resident Pershore, enlisted Worcester
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of James and Eliza Andrews, of Head St., Pershore, Worcestershire

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ANDREWS James Oswald Is Named On These Memorials

Pershore Abbey
Pershore C of E School now in Pershore Working Men’s Club
Worcester Cathedral Worcestershire Hussars

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Worcester Cathedral Worcestershire Hussars with the additional information: Private.
Pershore Abbey with the additional information: Worcestershire Regiment Q.O.W.H
Only possibly appears on Wyre Piddle War Memorial

Further Information About ANDREWS James Oswald

J.O. Andrews, 1st/1st Worcester Yeomanry, 1st Draft, embarked at Devonport 23rd October 1915 for service with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, disembarked at Mudros 6th November 1915, disembarked at Alexandria, Egypt on 30th November 1915. Wounded 23rd April 1916. Died of wounds 29th April 1916.
Source for additional information: The Yeomanry Cavalry of Worcestershire 1914 – 1922.

Worcester Yeomanry, Easter Sunday 1915, brother of George, Frank, and Charles Andrews.
Additional information from Pershore Parish Records, Holy Cross, Film No 216/7, available at Worcestershire Archives.

A photograph of Trooper J.O. Andrews can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 19th February 1916, available at Worcestershire Archives.

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