James Densford Weedon
Memorial: Badminton Memorial Hall - Hayes Lane
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Gunner 135326
Parents: J R and Martha Weedon
Marital status: Married
Home address: Badminton, Glos
Pre-war occupation: Groom
Date of birth: 1891
Place of birth: Badminton, Glos
Date of death: 25/09/1917
Buried/Commemorated at: La Clytte Military Cemetery (Ref. III. B.21.), West Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age: 26
Further information:
James D Weedon was born in 1891 in Badminton to parents, J.R. and Martha Weedon. He was brother to William, Rose, Albert and Mabel. James married Lucy May Bennett of the Bell Hotel, Aylesbury, Bucks in 1910, in Dursley
James served with "A" Battery, 174th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery as a Gunner. James was Killed in Action on the 25th September 1917 at the age of 26 years. He is buried in the La Clytte Military Cemetery, West Vlaanderen, Belgium
James D Weedon is remembered on the Badminton Memorial board in the Village Hall and on the Chipping Sodbury and District War Memorial Cottage Hospital board, now at Yate and District Heritage Centre under Badminton
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Forces War Records and CWGC