James's Story.
Born in 1872 at Macclesfield, son of James and Harriet Parrott, No 3 Court, 3, Parsonage Street. In the spring of 1903, James married Hannah Swarbrook at Macclesfield, they lived at 64, Brown Street, his occupation was broad silk weaver.
James attested at Macclesfield and was drafted with the British Expeditionary Force to France, 28/02/1915. Winter had set in by the time the 8th Battalion arrived at Flanders, and for the rest of 1915, until the opening of the Somme offensive, it carried out normal trench routines in the Ploegsteert sector with its attendant discomfort and steady drain of casualties. James was to fall into this category, he died of wounds received, Wednesday, 18 October 1915, he was aged 45 years.
Research by H.A.G Carlisle.