John James Cash

[*Sandra*]

Commonwealth War Graves Commission are appealing for relatives of Corporal John James Cash - 1 st Border Regiment - died 21/10/1920 Netley. - aged 19 years -  buried St Marys Roman Catholic Church. Cleator. Cumberland (now Cumbria)

Corporal Cash is buried at St Marys Roman Catholic Church but it has not been possible to mark his actual grave. The Commission are in the process of producing a special memorial to commemorate him.

https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/75451860/john-james-cash/

If you are related or know of someone who is. CWGC would like to hear from you.

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1911 census 34 Bowthorn Road. Cleator. Cumberland.

James Cash 40 Head
Margaret Cash 41 Wife
Mary Ellen Cash 16 Daughter
John James Cash   10   Son
Elizabeth Cash 9 Daughter
Thomas Cash 5 Son
Joseph Henry Cash 2/12 Son

1901 census St Nicholas Borough Whitehaven Cumberland.

James Cash 30 Head
Margaret Cash 30 Wife
Katie Cash 9 Daughter
Mary E Cash 6 Daughter
John J Cash   9 Weeks   Son

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UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929 for John James Cash

John J Cash died 21/10/1920 Netley.
Father James

Father James Cash married Margaret Hughes at Whitehaven 1891 - 10b 1016

Father James Cash died Millom - 1942 - 1 a 110

Mother Margaret Cash died Whitehaven 1947 - 1a 167

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Younger brother - Joseph H Cash
Registration Date   1911 - Quarter of the Year   Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration Place   Whitehaven, Cumberland.
Volume   10b Page   704

Joseph Henry Cash - Birth Date   26 Jan 1911    Death Age   91
Registration Date   Sep 2002 Registration district   Luton
Register Number   C61F
District and Subdistrict   3151C
Entry Number   277

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Sister Mary Ellen Cash - married Charles McGrady - 1915 (10b 1550) - died 1931

Mary E McGrady 1895 - 1931  (aged 36 years)
Registration Quarter   Apr-May-Jun - Whitehaven   Cumberland
Volume   10b Page   727

Had a daughter Mary Cash McGrady married Joseph Williams - died 1988 Blackpool Fylde.  40 - 355

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Message to ancestry tree owner. Fingers crossed.

Sandra

[Jos, Whitehaven]

Update on the commemoration of this WW1 soldier, John James CASH (October 2025

The CWGC has been catching up with the creation of its official headstones for first time commemorations, including this one for Lance Corporal John James CASH, 1st Bn, The Border Regiment. In the near future, a short service of remembrance and dedication of the headstone at the graveside is planned, in a joint service with another Border Regiment WW1 soldier, Private Henry WELSH. They are both interred in Cleator (St Mary's RC) churchyard.

After double checking with the CWGC, for John James CASH, no close living relatives could be traced or have come forward, although some have been traced for Henry WELSH. Therefore, the official headstone for John James CASH will be left blank where a family epitaph would normally go, whereas for Henry WELSH, his relatives have supplied a short epitaph to be engraved on the headstone. We believe there may be relatives of the CASH family living in the Millom area. As none have come forward to confirm a family relationship that is basically the end of that line of enquiry. Nevertheless, henceforth any relatives will be able to trace the grave and memorial as the CWGC commemorate him in perpetuity.