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Pte James McConnell
British Army 27th Battalion (Tyneside Irish) Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Jarrow
(d.5th May 1915)
James McConnell served with the 27th Battalion (Tyneside Irish) Northumberland Fusiliers. He was aged 27 when died on 5th May 1915.
Born in Jarrow in 1887 he was the son of James and Elizabeth McConnell (nee Topping) and husband of Mary Ellen McConnell (nee Bucknall) of 57 Walter Street Jarrow. On the 1911 census James McConnell age 23 General Labourer in Shipyard is listed as living with his parents James and Elizabeth McConnell and family at 1 Hurworth Street, Jarrow.
James died in South Shields and is buried in Jarrow Cemetery.