James was my Grandmothers Uncle his body was never recovered and is remembered on the Ypes Memorial, Belgium. I have the only remaining photograph of James and a letter he wrote on
3rd March 1917. He was the son of William & Sarah Ann Stephenson from Kimblesworth,
Co Durham. He was a coal miner when at home and in his letter he tells the family that he "is in better health now than ever I was in my life and thats a fact"...
He is also mentioned on a brass plaque that was orinally in the Ex-servicemen's Club (now demolished) which is now in the Memorial Hall, Kimblesworth/Sacriston.
