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James Leonard Cumberlidge 1893-1918
Private 142891 58th Battalion Machine Gun Corps
James Leonard Cumberlidge was born in Q4 1893 in Holmes Chapel, Church Hulme, Cheshire, England. He was baptised on 3 December 1893 in Church Hulme, Cheshire, England. He was the eldest son of James Cumberlidge and his wife Mary Ellen nee Clegg. James Leonard joined WW1 as Private 3239 in the East Lancashire Regiment and arrived in Egypt on 18 July 1915. He was transferred to become Private 142891 in the 58th Battalion of the Machine Gun Corps. James Leonard was killed in action on 31 August 1918 in France. He is commemorated at the Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
Medal Roll
MACHINE GUN CORPS
C2112
ROLL OF INDIVIDUALS entitled to the Decoration granted under Army Order 20 of 1919 [1914-15 Star]
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4/ East Lancashire Regiment |
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CUMBERLIDGE James Leonard |
18 Jul 1915 (3) [Egypt] |
142891 Private Killed in Action 31 Aug 1918 |
Gloucester Gate Buildings, Regents Park, N.W.1., 28 Feb 1922
MACHINE GUN CORPS
7153 B
ROLL of INDIVIDUALS entitled to the Victory Medal and British War Medal granted under Army Orders 266 & 301 of 1919.
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142891 |
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CUMBERLIDGE James Leonard |
3239 East Lancashire Regiment Private 142891 Machine Gun Corps |
Killed in Action 31 Aug 1918 |
Alexandra Palace, Wood Green, N.22 15 Sep 1920
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Killed in Action 31 Aug 1918 |
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15 Star |
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James Leonard Cumberlidge in the UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929
Record No: 772366
Registry No: E/671482/1
Soldier’s Name: Cumberlidge James Leonard
Regiment: 58 Battalion Machine Gun Corps Private 142891
Place and date of death: 31 Aug 1918 In Action, France or Belgium
Credits:
- London Oct 1918, £15 13s 5d
- Feb 1919 £3 7s 9d
- War gratuity 25 Sep 1919 £18 0s 0d
Charges:
- £15 13s 5d Date of authority 18 Jan 1919/1 Fa[ther] James
- 22 Apr 1919/2 Fa[ther] James £3 7s 9d
- 9 Dec 1919/4 Fa[ther] James £18 0s 0d
Commonwealth War Graves Commission James Leonard Cumberlidge
INDEX No. M.R. 16
VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL
PART TWO
CUMBERLIDGE, Pte. James Leonard, 142891. 58th Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Inf.). 31st Aug., 1918. Age 25. Son of James Cumberlidge, of 11, Chapel Houses, Holmes Chapel, Cheshire.
VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL
STONE No. 74. B.
Cumberlidge J.L.
