WILLIS James

  • First Name(s):
    James 
  • Surname:
    WILLIS
  • Service Number:
    241223
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    2nd Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    21st April 1918
  • Age At Death:
    21
  • Cause of Death:
    Died of wounds
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Gent City Cemetery, Belgium, Grave C. 13.
  • Place of Birth:
    Born and enlisted Worcester, resident Broomhall, Worcestershire
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of John and Mary Willis, of Broomhall, Worcester

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

WILLIS James Is Named On These Memorials

Norton Juxta Kempsey War Memorial
Wichenford St Laurence Church
Wichenford Village Hall

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Wichenford St Laurence Church with the information: L-Cpl. Wichenford Village Hall with the information: Lce Cpl.
Norton Juxta Kempsey War Memorial with the information: L. Cpl.

Further Information About WILLIS James

James Willis was born in 1897 in Wichenford, one of nine children of John and Mary who had married in 1886.  John was employed as a Farm Bailiff.  On the 1911 census James was living at home with his parents and 2 younger sisters at Voyce Place, Wichenford.  He was employed as a Cow boy on farm.

United Parish Magazine, Wichenford, February 1915:
Roll of Honour
I have several names to add to our original list of those who have volunteered for the defence and honour of our Country, I herewith give the full and revised list:- James Willis 8th Worcesters (among a list totalling 22 names)

A photograph of Lance Corporal James Willis can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 21st September 1918, available at Worcestershire Archives.

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Credits: Parish magazine researched by Eve Fraser.