Remembered

On This Day, 14 December 1917

James Ormerod Tattersall was killed in action on this day in 1917

James Tattersall was born in Stacksteads, Lancashire 1894.

His father was a coal miner. James was a weaver.

After enlisting into the West Riding Territorials in Barnoldswick, James was sent to France in September 1916 and served on the Somme and in Belgium before being wounded in July 1917, whilst serving as part of a Lewis Gun team.

British Lewis Gun Team — British Lewis gun team manning a post on the bank of the Lys canal at St Venant during the Battle of Hazebrouck. Photo - IWM

Sent back to the UK in October 1917 for recuperation, he married Edith Whiteoak, a 22 year old cotton weaver, on 27 November 1917, before returning to France on 5 December.

Just nine days later, James was killed in action on the Passchendaele Ridge. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing, Belgium.

There is a memorial to the West Riding Division at Essex Farm Cemetery.

The West Riding Division Memorial at Essex Farm Cemetery

James Tattersall Pension Card — The Pension Card for James Tattersall

307477 Pte James Ormerod Tattersall, 1/7th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regt.

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