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James Bernard Cornwall (1921-1944)

Soldier
Service No:284429
Rank:Lieutenant
Squadron:HQ
Service:Taken on strength 5 Jul 1943
KIA:22 Aug 1944
Burial:St. Desir War Cemetery, grave II. C. 10. [Grave]
Commemorated:23H Memorial, Bridlington Priory [Panel]
Mentioned in:
23H Story
Page 272
Casualty List
Record
Press
Yorkshire Post, 8 Sep 1944
Hull Daily Mail, 30 Sep 1944
Civilian
Residence:53 Desmond Avenue, Hull, East Yorkshire
Birth:registered Jun 1921 in Sculcoates, East Yorkshire
Parents
James Newton CornwallClarice Irene Tesseyman
Cashier/Book Keeper (Oil Manufacturing company).
33 Heathcote St, Newland, Hull, later
53 Desmond Avenue, Hull (1939).
Birth 4 Sep 1888, registered in Sculcoates, East Yorkshire.
Death registered Sep 1976 in St Albans, Hertfordshire.

Lieutenant, Royal Garrison Artillery, WWI.
Birth 20 May 1895 in Hull.
Death registered Nov 1990 in Hull.
Marriage registered Dec 1916 in Sculcoates, East Yorkshire.

Notes

"Instantly killed while attempting to rescue a trooper who was fatally wounded.". The trooper was George Epathite who died the same day.