James Walter Cornelius
Memorial: Downend - Christ Church
Regiment: Grenadier Guards
Medals: 1914 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 16311
Parents: James Palmer and Patience Cornelius
Marital status: Single
Home address: Home address: 23 Station Avenue, Fishponds, Bristol. Lived: 1911 Census – Sunnybank, Staple Hill, Bristol and 1901 Census – Newport Buildings, 3 Cumberland Street, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Labourer in Shoe Factory
Date of birth: 1894
Date of death: 10/11/1914
Buried/Commemorated at: No Known Grave – Commemorated Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium
Age: 20
Further information:
James served with the 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards and died on 10/11/1914 aged 20 (not 19 as recorded on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission).
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Findmypast (Soldiers Died during the Great War, 1901 & 1911 Census etc), Researcher John Davis.