| Name |
James SWEETLAND (d) |
| Rank/Number |
Private / 20122 |
| Regiment/Unit |
Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry / No 3 Supernumery Coy |
| Enlisted |
Aylesbury |
| Age/Date of death |
60 / 29 Dec 1916 |
| How died/Theatre of war |
Died / Home |
| Residence at death |
5 George St, Chesham |
| Cemetery |
Chesham Burial Ground, Bucks |
| Grave Reference |
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| Location of memorial |
Chesham |
| Date/Place of birth |
c1857 / Street, Somerset |
| Date/Place of baptism |
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| Occupation of Casualty |
shoemaker |
| Parents/Occupation |
Robert (late) & Susannah Sweetland / cordwainer |
| Parents' Address |
1861: 60 Milk St, Bristol |
| Wife |
Rose A Sweetland nee Axten |
| Wife's Address |
5 George St, Chesham |
| Notes |
not on CWGC or SDGW. Discharged Apr 1916. Buried 3 Jan 1917. Served R Irish Lancers in India & Egypt pre WW1. Father of Harry Sweetland on Amersham War Memorial. Stepfather in 1871 was James Durston of Street |
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