James John Arthur Pte 14683049
Personnel Entry
Name James John Arthur
Army number 14683049
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Born Birmingham 1925/26.
Age 18
Unit General Service Corps - enlistment date not yet known. Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry. Posted to the 10th Bn DLI. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION 19/8/1944 with 10th Battalion Durham Light Infantry.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Date not yet known but probably Spring 1944.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 19-Aug-44.
Home address Resident of Birmingham. Son of Arthur and Hilda James, Yardley, Birmingham. Buried St Loup-de-Fribois Churchyard. CWGC records have no mention of an initial interment. Private James's grave is the only WW2 burial in this particular churchyard.
Source table 10DLI
