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236351 Pte. James Joseph Southeran British Army 1/6th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment from:Bradford Other than the fact of his service I have little to tell of James Southeran. He left with the battalion on 16th of April. He was promoted to Sergeant in the field and his photograph appears in the book produced after the war on the history of the 1/6th West Yorks Regiment. He was married at Bradford Cathedral whilst on leave in 1916. He died in 1964. Peter Southeran Add to this record.    Additional Information: I should add that having survived the War James returned to Bradford, had two sons Ivor and Kenneth, both of whom were conscripts in the Second War, Kenneth in the Navy I believe and Ivor a private in the RAOC, serving in Egypt just as the war ended. Kenneth and Ivor both had two sons, Ivor was my Father and James my Grandfather. This coming Spring I am going to re trace the travels of the 1/6th Battalion across France as described in the book written after the War staying in the same places and visiting the battlefields where they were involved. I intend to take my kids on this trip, just over 100 years after the event. Peter Southeran Reply Related Content: 6th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment Can you help us to add to our records? Add a record to our website. The names and stories on this website have been submitted by their relatives and friends. If your relations are not listed please add their names so that others can read about them Did your relative live through the Great War? Do you have any photos, newspaper clippings, postcards or letters from that period? Have you researched the names on your local or war memorial? If so please let us know. Do you know the location of a Great War "Roll of Honour?" We are very keen to track down these often forgotten documents and obtain photographs and transcriptions of the names recorded so that they will be available for all to remember. Help us to build a database of information on those who served both at home and abroad so that future generations may learn of their sacrifice. Contact us. Celebrate your own Family History Celebrate by honouring members of your family who served in the Great War both in the forces and at home. We love to hear about the soldiers, but also remember the many who served in support roles, nurses, doctors, land army, muntions workers etc. Please use our Family History resources to find out more about your relatives. Then please send in a short article, with a photo if possible, so that they can be remembered on these pages. The free section of The Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers. This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources and we currently have a huge backlog of submissions. If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small to help with the costs of keeping the site running. Hosted by: The Wartime Memories Project Website is archived for preservation by the British Library Copyright MCMXCIX - MMXXIV - All Rights Reserved - We do not permit the use of any content from this website for the training of LLMs or for use in Generative AI, it also may not be scraped for the purpose of creating other websites.