James Ernest Maby
Memorial: Hallen - Hallen Road
Regiment: Army Air Corps
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Private
Parents: Ernest and Bertha Louisa Maby
Home address: Moorhouse Lane Hallen
Pre-war occupation: Heavy worker dock labourer
Date of birth: 14/08/1915
Date of death: 06/09/1945
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried Henbury Cemetery Gloucestershire and commemorated on Easter Compton Memorial
Age: 30
Further information:
10th Battalion The Royal Welch Fusiliers then 6th Battalion The Parachute Regiment, Army Air Corps.
Along with the rest of his parachute regiment James took part in active combat operations in Italy the South of France and Greece.
His death was registered in Dorchester several months after the end of war in Europe and his record states that he died as the result of an accident.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/