James Beresford

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James Beresford

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Birthplace: Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
Death: November 22, 1915 (19-20)
France and Flanders
Immediate Family:

Son of Benjamin Elkin and Elizabeth Beresford
Brother of Benjamin Elkin; Frances Beresford; William Elkin; Albert Elkin and Private

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About James Beresford

GEDCOM Note

Enlistment Place: Hanley
Rank: Private
Regiment: North Staffordshire (Prince of Wales's) Regiment
Battalion: 1st 5 Battalion
Regimental Number: 2250
Type of Casualty: Died of wounds
Theatre of War: Western European Theatre</line><line /><line>https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000347/1915120...</line><line /><line>DIED OE WOUNDS. PTE. J. BERESFORD, HANLEY. Mr. and Mrs. Elkin. of 8, St. Ann street, Hanley, have received information that their son Pte. James Beresford, of the 1st 5th North Staffs. Regt., died of wounds on the 22nd of November. Pte. Beresford was in the Territorials before the outbreak of the war, and was 20 years of age. He was formerly employed at Messrs. Howson and Son's, Hanley, as a dipper.

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James Beresford's Timeline

1895
1895
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
1911
1911
Age 16
Hanley, Staffordshire, England
1915
November 22, 1915
Age 20
France and Flanders