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Rfmn. James Bede Linskey
British Army 3rd Battalion Rifle Brigade
(d.1st Sep 1916)
James Linskey died age 25, he was born in Jarrow, Son of Michael and Margaret Linskey (nee Dougherty). He was the husband of Annie Bryan (formerly Linskey nee Robson) of 3 Chaytor Street Jarrow. In the 1911 Census he is recorded as James Linskey, age 21, a Labourer on Discharging Stoneboats, with his newly married wife Annie living at 31, Commercial Road, Jarrow. He enlisted in North Shields
James is buried in Serre Road Cemetery No. 2.
He is commemorated on the Palmer Cenotaph Jarrow and on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow.