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Lt. William Frank Treharne James
Royal Flying Corps 24 Squadron
from:Merthyr Tydfil
My Grandfather, William James, was a pilot with 24 Squadron.
He joined the Squadron on the 24th of November 1916. He was shot down on 5th of January 1917.
He crash landed in No Man's Land between Sailley-Sallisel and Bouchavesnes, France.
He was rescued and admitted on the 8th of January 1917 to No.14 General Hospital with gun shot wounds to his buttock.
On the 17th of March 1917 he was recorded as dangerously ill Casualty No E7813
I am aware he had gangrene and his left leg was removed just below the hip.
On the 20th of April 1917 he was sent to England on the Hospital Ship St Denis
He survived the war minus a left leg.