Driver Liberty James was the son of Mrs. B. James. Liberty served in the Great War with the Royal Field Artillery, 3rd Div. Ammunition Col., service number 135261. He fell aged 25. Ref. CWGC
NOTE: There is another liberty James who served as a driver in the Royal Field Artillery during World War I. His service number is 135259. Care should be taken not to confuse the two. Ref. U.K. Workd War 1 Service Medal and Award Rolls 1914-1920
Liberty James of Abshot, near Lichfield Rd, Hampshire was buried on 1st August 1919 aged 25. The ceremony was performed by D. E. K. Llewelyn of New End Military Hospital. Ref. Burial register. (Note (I): Liberty was initially buried at Q9. 27b. Note (ii) Abshot is a hamlet in Hampshire. Noticed that his residence is not given as a road address, but near a road suggesting the family residence is a caravan currently located near Lichfield Rd in Abshot)
U.K., World War 1 Pension Ledgers and Index cards 1914-1923: Dr. Liberty James, death date 26 July 1919 Royal Field Artillery. Service number 135261. Mother - Britannia James, resident at Titchfield, Hants
U.K. Army Register of Soldiers Effects 1901-1929: for Liberty James, service number 135261. Date and place of death: 26.7.19 Military Hospital Hampstead
Liberty was from an itinerant gypsy family. The 1911 census for Winterborne Steepleton and Winterborne Abbas, England, shows Britainnia James, a widow aged 50, head of the household with her 3 sons Joe aged 19, Liberty aged 15 and Noah aged 11. Britannia and her 2 eldest sons are recorded as hawkers, and the industry to which they were connected is 'gypsy life'. Brittania is born at Catislock, Dorset, Joe at Chiddley, Devon, Liberty at Langtree, Devon and Noah at Willington, Somerset.
Liberty James birth registered in Jan, Feb, March 1895, district, Torrington, Devon. Ref. England and Wales, civil registration birth index 1837–1915
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Mother: in the 1861 census for Lopen , Somerset, Brittania James, aged 1 (erroneously recorded as 'son'). In 1861 census, aged 1. Her father is Thomas James aged 47, a licensed hawker from Basingstoke, Hampshire. His wife, Mary Ann aged 44 is also from Hampshire. They have 10 children. The address is difficult to read, but it looks like 'B… Trans. In caravans' – suggesting they are in transit in caravans.
NOTE: There is another liberty James who served as a driver in the Royal Field Artillery during World War I. His service number is 135259. Care should be taken not to confuse the two. Ref. U.K. Workd War 1 Service Medal and Award Rolls 1914-1920
Liberty James of Abshot, near Lichfield Rd, Hampshire was buried on 1st August 1919 aged 25. The ceremony was performed by D. E. K. Llewelyn of New End Military Hospital. Ref. Burial register. (Note (I): Liberty was initially buried at Q9. 27b. Note (ii) Abshot is a hamlet in Hampshire. Noticed that his residence is not given as a road address, but near a road suggesting the family residence is a caravan currently located near Lichfield Rd in Abshot)
U.K., World War 1 Pension Ledgers and Index cards 1914-1923: Dr. Liberty James, death date 26 July 1919 Royal Field Artillery. Service number 135261. Mother - Britannia James, resident at Titchfield, Hants
U.K. Army Register of Soldiers Effects 1901-1929: for Liberty James, service number 135261. Date and place of death: 26.7.19 Military Hospital Hampstead
Liberty was from an itinerant gypsy family. The 1911 census for Winterborne Steepleton and Winterborne Abbas, England, shows Britainnia James, a widow aged 50, head of the household with her 3 sons Joe aged 19, Liberty aged 15 and Noah aged 11. Britannia and her 2 eldest sons are recorded as hawkers, and the industry to which they were connected is 'gypsy life'. Brittania is born at Catislock, Dorset, Joe at Chiddley, Devon, Liberty at Langtree, Devon and Noah at Willington, Somerset.
Liberty James birth registered in Jan, Feb, March 1895, district, Torrington, Devon. Ref. England and Wales, civil registration birth index 1837–1915
…, x …
Mother: in the 1861 census for Lopen , Somerset, Brittania James, aged 1 (erroneously recorded as 'son'). In 1861 census, aged 1. Her father is Thomas James aged 47, a licensed hawker from Basingstoke, Hampshire. His wife, Mary Ann aged 44 is also from Hampshire. They have 10 children. The address is difficult to read, but it looks like 'B… Trans. In caravans' – suggesting they are in transit in caravans.
Driver Liberty James was the son of Mrs. B. James. Liberty served in the Great War with the Royal Field Artillery, 3rd Div. Ammunition Col., service number 135261. He fell aged 25. Ref. CWGC
NOTE: There is another liberty James who served as a driver in the Royal Field Artillery during World War I. His service number is 135259. Care should be taken not to confuse the two. Ref. U.K. Workd War 1 Service Medal and Award Rolls 1914-1920
Liberty James of Abshot, near Lichfield Rd, Hampshire was buried on 1st August 1919 aged 25. The ceremony was performed by D. E. K. Llewelyn of New End Military Hospital. Ref. Burial register. (Note (I): Liberty was initially buried at Q9. 27b. Note (ii) Abshot is a hamlet in Hampshire. Noticed that his residence is not given as a road address, but near a road suggesting the family residence is a caravan currently located near Lichfield Rd in Abshot)
U.K., World War 1 Pension Ledgers and Index cards 1914-1923: Dr. Liberty James, death date 26 July 1919 Royal Field Artillery. Service number 135261. Mother - Britannia James, resident at Titchfield, Hants
U.K. Army Register of Soldiers Effects 1901-1929: for Liberty James, service number 135261. Date and place of death: 26.7.19 Military Hospital Hampstead
Liberty was from an itinerant gypsy family. The 1911 census for Winterborne Steepleton and Winterborne Abbas, England, shows Britainnia James, a widow aged 50, head of the household with her 3 sons Joe aged 19, Liberty aged 15 and Noah aged 11. Britannia and her 2 eldest sons are recorded as hawkers, and the industry to which they were connected is 'gypsy life'. Brittania is born at Catislock, Dorset, Joe at Chiddley, Devon, Liberty at Langtree, Devon and Noah at Willington, Somerset.
Liberty James birth registered in Jan, Feb, March 1895, district, Torrington, Devon. Ref. England and Wales, civil registration birth index 1837–1915
…, x …
Mother: in the 1861 census for Lopen , Somerset, Brittania James, aged 1 (erroneously recorded as 'son'). In 1861 census, aged 1. Her father is Thomas James aged 47, a licensed hawker from Basingstoke, Hampshire. His wife, Mary Ann aged 44 is also from Hampshire. They have 10 children. The address is difficult to read, but it looks like 'B… Trans. In caravans' – suggesting they are in transit in caravans.
NOTE: There is another liberty James who served as a driver in the Royal Field Artillery during World War I. His service number is 135259. Care should be taken not to confuse the two. Ref. U.K. Workd War 1 Service Medal and Award Rolls 1914-1920
Liberty James of Abshot, near Lichfield Rd, Hampshire was buried on 1st August 1919 aged 25. The ceremony was performed by D. E. K. Llewelyn of New End Military Hospital. Ref. Burial register. (Note (I): Liberty was initially buried at Q9. 27b. Note (ii) Abshot is a hamlet in Hampshire. Noticed that his residence is not given as a road address, but near a road suggesting the family residence is a caravan currently located near Lichfield Rd in Abshot)
U.K., World War 1 Pension Ledgers and Index cards 1914-1923: Dr. Liberty James, death date 26 July 1919 Royal Field Artillery. Service number 135261. Mother - Britannia James, resident at Titchfield, Hants
U.K. Army Register of Soldiers Effects 1901-1929: for Liberty James, service number 135261. Date and place of death: 26.7.19 Military Hospital Hampstead
Liberty was from an itinerant gypsy family. The 1911 census for Winterborne Steepleton and Winterborne Abbas, England, shows Britainnia James, a widow aged 50, head of the household with her 3 sons Joe aged 19, Liberty aged 15 and Noah aged 11. Britannia and her 2 eldest sons are recorded as hawkers, and the industry to which they were connected is 'gypsy life'. Brittania is born at Catislock, Dorset, Joe at Chiddley, Devon, Liberty at Langtree, Devon and Noah at Willington, Somerset.
Liberty James birth registered in Jan, Feb, March 1895, district, Torrington, Devon. Ref. England and Wales, civil registration birth index 1837–1915
…, x …
Mother: in the 1861 census for Lopen , Somerset, Brittania James, aged 1 (erroneously recorded as 'son'). In 1861 census, aged 1. Her father is Thomas James aged 47, a licensed hawker from Basingstoke, Hampshire. His wife, Mary Ann aged 44 is also from Hampshire. They have 10 children. The address is difficult to read, but it looks like 'B… Trans. In caravans' – suggesting they are in transit in caravans.
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