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Pte. James Pitch
British Army 1/6th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment
from:Lichfield
(d.20th Aug 1920)
James Pitch entered the war on 5th March 1915 when he was about 18 years old. He was badly wounded in the leg which was amputated but later got gangrene anyway. James was so angry when he arrived home, he pulled the grandmother clock off the wall, took it out and sawed the eagle off the top. He eventually died of it on 25th August 1920, age 23. He at least got to die at home with his devoted mother and brothers around him and not alone in the mud of the battlefield.
