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Hi I was wondering if anybody can help me to find out any information for my friend. For many years she has been wondering about her Grandmothers brother who died in France during ww1. Would it be possible to get any info. on his old army records & any other info . He was called James Williams he came from Lancaster Street,Netherfield Road, Liverpool 5. She thinks his mother was called Josephine. Any info. would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance. :-)

There's this site for Commonwealth War Graves but there are thosands of J. Williams who died in WW1.

http://www.cwgc.org/

Casualty Details
Name: WILLIAMS
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Age: 29
Date of Death: 16/05/1915
Service No: 8640
Additional information: Native of Liverpool. Brother of Richard Williams, of 17A, Reading St., Liverpool.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: III. C. 65.
Cemetery: BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY

Name: WILLIAMS
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Date of Death: 24/04/1915
Service No: 11007
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. B. 14.
Cemetery: BOIS GUILLAUME COMMUNAL CEMETERY

I'm just picking out the ones with a Liverpool connection - as Margee says, there are a lot of J Williams'


Name: WILLIAMS
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Lancashire Fusiliers
Unit Text: 11th Bn.
Date of Death: 28/01/1918
Service No: 41637
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: B. 31.
Cemetery: MORCHIES MILITARY CEMETERY

Name: WILLIAMS
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Rifleman
Regiment/Service: The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
Unit Text: 1st/5th Bn.
Date of Death: 08/08/1916
Service No: 4204
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. F. 1.
Cemetery: PERONNE ROAD CEMETERY, MARICOURT

Name: WILLIAMS
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: York and Lancaster Regiment
Unit Text: 13th Bn.
Date of Death: 01/07/1916
Service No: 13/1389
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: E. 5.
Cemetery: QUEENS CEMETERY, PUISIEUX

Thank you, it's looking as though he is the 2nd one, as he was 17 when he died.

Name: WILLIAMS
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
Unit Text: 13th Bn.
Date of Death: 14/07/1916
Service No: 12868
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. C. 9.
Cemetery: DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAILLY-LE-SEC

Name: WILLIAMS
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
Unit Text: 12th Bn.
Age: 45
Date of Death: 25/09/1915
Service No: 25885
Additional information: Husband of Mrs. Ann Williams, of 106, Gregson St., Liverpool.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. B. 48.
Cemetery: RUE-PETILLON MILITARY CEMETERY, FLEURBAIX

Does she not know the names of the parents of her grandmother ?

Made a few enquiries, he died in 1918, thanks for helping. :-)

james' mother was called Josephine Williams, not sure of his fathers forename. x

there are 848 J Williams' so it's a bit futile really - some of them do give full names but motly they are just J Williams - it's heartbreaking looking at them all - I had an uncle died in WW1 - David John Williams - he was about 19 years old

Ann, surely it's an exercise in futility listing all of the J. Williams from Liverpool who were killed in WW1. There's probably hundreds, maybe a thousand.

And, Flowers, how can you possibly say it looks like the 2nd. one? No age is given and no mother's name.

Thank you for looking, it is so sad, all those young lives lost.

There are 277 J. Williams killed in 1918.

I thought it was the 2nd one because of 1918, thought there was only 2 listed.

I did say it was futile Margee

Could you perhaps ask your friend how she knows her grandmother had a brother called James?

Puzzled as to why she does not know the name of the parents.