Biography of Private James Jordan (5040)
1st/5th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own)
Died 5th September 1916

Soldier

  • Name: James Jordan
  • Date of birth: 1877
  • Place of Birth: Wennington, Huntingdonshire, England
  • Date of Birth Registration: July – September 1877
  • Place of Birth Registration: Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England

Father

  • Name: William Jordan
  • DOB: 1826
  • Place of Birth: Wistow, Huntingdonshire, England
  • Occupation: Labourer on farm

Mother

  • Name: Mary Dear
  • DOB: 1835
  • Place Of Birth: Hartford, Huntingdonshire, England
  • Marriage: 20th December 1864 Hartford, Huntingdonshire, England

Siblings: (Name), (DOB), (POB)

  • Elizabeth Jordan, 1864, Hartford
  • Rose Ann Jordan, 1865, Wennington
  • Emma Jordan, 1867, Wennington
  • George W Jordan, 1869, Wennington
  • Alfred Jordan, 1871, Wennington
  • Walter Jordan, 1872, Wennington
  • Anne Jordan, 1875, Wennington
  • James Jordan, 1877, Wennington

Census

  • 1881:James is living with his parents in Abbots Ripton, Huntingdonshire.
  • 1891: James is living with his parents in Abbots Ripton, Huntingdonshire.
  • 1901: James is living with the Seymour Family in Witham on the Hill, Lincolnshire. The census gives him an age of 23 and he is listed as a horse man on farm.
  • 1911: James is living with the Sentence at Witham on the Hill, Lincolnshire. The census gives him an age of 34 and he is listed as a forester.
Relatives in services

  • None found

Marriage

  • No marriage for James has been found and we can assume that he never had the opportunity to marry.

Newspaper Mentions

  • The Times Saturday 7th October 1916
    DIED OF WOUNDS
    W. Yorks. R.
    Jordan, 5040 J.

Military Records

Attestation Papers

  • None found

Soldier’s Died In The Great War

  • These records show that Private James Jordan, 5040, 1st/8th Bn Prince of Wale’s Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment was killed in action on 5th September 1916 in the Western European Theatre in France and Flanders.

Pension Records

  • Available

Effects Left To

  • Mother Mary

Medals

  • The British Medal
  • The Victory Medal

Memorials

  • UK:
  • Witham on the Hill, Roll of Honour in St Andrew’s Church
  • Abbots Ripton War Memorial

 

  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
  • In memory of Private James Jordan, 5040, 1st/5th Bn., West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wale’s Own) who died on 5 September 1916 Age 41
  • Son of William and Mary Jordan, of Wennington, Hunts.
  • Remembered with honour, Puchevillers British Cemetery
  • Grave IV. A. 19.

© Picture taken by South Lincolnshire War Memorials

© Picture taken by South Lincolnshire War Memorials

Military Service Timeline

  • Enlisted in Bourne
  • Died of wounds

 

  • This is ongoing research and will be posted when completed

Sources

  • WW1 Soldier’s Records (www.ancestry.co.uk)
  • British Newspaper Archive.
  • Fold 3
  • Find My Past
  • Genealogist
  • Forces War Records
  • British Army Service Numbers
  • War Gratuity Calculator
  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission
  • National Archives – Battalion War Diaries
  • General Registry Office