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samson james born 1887
mark james born 1891
henry james 1893
they had two brothers who seved in devon/dorset
any thing on these pleas
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hi
can you give us more info please such as a place of birth , also what do you mean regarding , quote , they had 2 brothers who served in devon/dorset do you have any names for those 2 ??, only we can,t work with that alone as there are 2,600 or more jameses in the pension records alone .
regards
trevor
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sorry
samson b exeter devon 1887
mark devon 1891
henry c 1893 binstead hampshire
noah c 1902 binstead hamp
william c 1884 binstead hamp
i know thomas b 1885 served with devonshires
liberty served with dorset in 1904 but dont know about ww1
parents william james and jemima
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helo is there anybody out there lol
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Yes I am here :) and it took me quite a while to find this family and now only in the 1891 census.
Samson is actually Sanson - no wonder I couldn't find him at first. Still can't find Noah
Anyway there is only this in name of Sanson James and nothing to show he is your man. he could be a cousin of your man.
British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920
Sanson James
Regiment/Corps = LC 364 Company ex, Royal Defence Corps
Regimental Number = 644803, 31729
Also can't see a birth for a Noah in Hampshire - there is one in Poole march 1/4 1901.
Also can't see a birth for a mark James in 1890-1892 in Devon Only one in Kensington in June 1/4 1891.
So trying to get some background on these men is proving difficult.
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this looks like the family in 1901 -
RG13, Piece 1978, Folio 65, Page 33
Address - Tents, Heavenly Bottom, Branksome, Dorset
JAMES, Wm 1856 Gipsy Hawker NK
JAMES, Sarah 1864 Gipsy Hawker NK
JAMES, Thomas 1885 Gipsy Hawker York
JAMES, Sansom 1887 Gipsy Hawker Cork
JAMES, Liberty 1889 Branksome, Dorset
JAMES, Mark 1891 London
JAMES, Henry 1893 Scotland
JAMES, Mary Ann 1895 United States BS
JAMES, Queen 1897 Branksome
JAMES, Freedom 1899 Branksome
JAMES, Norah 1901 Branksome
Think the enumerator may have thought 'Norah' was a girl, when in fact it was probably Noah!
Tony
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sorry i didn,t pick up on your earlier post how you slipped through the net i don,t know it must have been one of my senior moments ;D hey ho .
i can,t add much but here goes , found only 2 pension records and they don,t amount to hardly any info .
thomas james att date 1 dec 1904 20 yrs of age soldier no 7478
service / home 1 dec 1904 - 4 jan 1905
occ hawker height 5 feet 5and a half brown eyes and hair
next of kin father william mum jemima brother liberty
rossmore village heather ? [ can,t decipher writing ] parkstone dorset
liberty james , b 1887 exmouth age at att 17 yrs 10 months
att date 23 nov 1904 3rd bat dorset regt soldier no 4880
discharge corp dorset regt 39th & 54th of foot
occ hawker height 5 foot 5ins eyes & hair brown
service 23 nov 1904- 21 jan 1905 [ looks like this was his training time ]
that,s it couldn,t find any of the others but not surprised as more likely most if they joined up would have seen service in ww1 , i did look at boer war site but couldn,t identify any of them but again most would have been to young for it .
regards
trevor
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thanks that right ones
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yes that's liberty james b 1887 Exmouth in army 1904 1905. mo 4880.
but what happened to him is he in any cencus we were told he went to America? no one knows.
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Believe it not there are 3 Liberty James'.
2 were in the R.F.A. Both drivers & with pretty much consecutive numbers, 135259 & 135261.So joined at the same time. 135261 died 26/7/1919 (3rd. Div. Ammo Column). Son of Mrs. B. James. (according to the census m. Brittania).
The 3rd. is 18772 Pte. 7/Dorsets transferred to the 4th. Res. Batt. (202672) & never went overseas.
Occ. Hawker.
Attested 1916 aged 19. (b. 1897).
Add. Rossmore Village Upper Parkstone. Father Sansom James. (according to the census m. Kate).
Discharged 1918 as being medically unfit.
So according to this the one that served in the Dorsets isn't your man or the one that died in 1919.
Sanson(m) James 31729 D.C.L.I. & 644803 L.C. (364 Coy.). Also says ex RDC but not sure that's correct.
Attested 28/3/16.
Discharged 23/9/18 (wounds).
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it looks like my liberty james went in army 1904 out 1905 son of William
don't know what happened after that
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hi mark james was my grandfather and he served in the great war with the wilts regiment and the 9th welsh regiment.i knew both my grandfathers brothers samson and noah.regards stuart james
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we was always told that liberty on hard times went to Canada or usa no one ever heard of him again