James Percival Cumberlidge landed with the British Expeditionary Force in France on 22 Aug 1914. Next day he was at Mons, France and overrun. James taken prisoner of war on 26 Aug.

James Percival Cumberlidge 1895-1943 Private 47089 Dorset Regiment formerly Private 2327 1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment

James Percival Cumberlidge was born 31 July 1895 in Jhansi, India.

James Percival Cumberlidge joined the 1st Battalion of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment at the start of World War One. He landed with the British Expeditionary Force in France on 22 August 1914 and the next day is the first day that the British Army engaged with the German Army at Mons in France. The British were overrun and James was taken as a prisoner of war on 26 August 1914. James later joined the Dorset Regiment as Private 47089.

James married Emily Yapp in 1919 and they had three children:

• Ronald Cumberlidge, born 1920
• Maurice T Cumberlidge, born 1923
• Jean M Cumberlidge, born, 1927

James died in 1943 and his wife remarried. She married William S Wilkinson in 1951.

Medal Roll

ROYAL WARWICKSHIRE REGIMENT 

REGIMENT OR CORPS when Decoration was earned

ROLL OF INDIVIDUALS entitled to the Decoration [1914 Star] granted under Army Order 350 of 1917                                                                        67

On Date of Disembarkation	NAME	Date of Disembarkation	REMARKS	Record of disposal of decoration
Regtl. No.	Rank	(b) Despatched by post
2327	Private	CUMBERLIDGE J.P.	22 August 1914	Prisoner of War 26 August 1914	(B) 16 August 1919

Warwick, 15 May 1918

DORSETSHIRE REGIMENT OR CORPS

ROLL of INDIVIDUALS entitled to the Victory Medal and British War Medal granted under Army Orders 266 and 301 of 1919.             210(b)

Regtl. No.	Rank	Name	Unit previously served with	Remarks
47089	Private	CUMBERLEDGE, James Percival	1 Royal Warwickshire 2327 Private

Exeter, 21 Jun 1920

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