Biography:
James William Chamberlain (892)
23/11/1887 –20/11/1940
James William Chamberlain (892)
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Unmarked plot James William Stanborough Chamberlain (1887-1940)
James was born 23 March 1887 in Wandsworth, the son of William and Sophia Chamberlain.
In 1891 he was living at 54, Ferrier Street, Wandsworth with his parents and widowed grandmother. His father was a general labourer.
He married Laurie Eliza McCausland on 27 September 1913 at St Philip’s church, Battersea. He was a tram conductor, she was a “chemical assistant”. Both were living at 14, Robertson Street at the time of the wedding.
James joined the Army 4 June 1915 and his attestation papers tell us that he was 5 foot 5 ½ inches tall with a scar on his left temple. He served in the Royal Field Artillery.
Laurie and James’s son Frederick was born 1915 in Clapham.
The paperwork is severely damaged but it seems that James was discharged from the Army 27 June 1919, fit and well.
His permanent address on discharge was given as 227, High Street, Berkhamsted.
Daughter Irene Daisy was born in 1920.
In the 1921 Census James is recorded living with his wife, children, widowed mother-in-law Eliza McCausland and his sister-in-law at 16, Highfield Road, Berkhamsted. He was a stock keeper for Anglodol Ltd chemical works, a branch of Coopers.
His father died in 1936 and is buried here.
In the 1939 Register James and Laurie were living at 8, Manor Street and he was working as a sheep dip packer, presumably for Coopers. He was also an air raid warden.
James died 20 November 1940 in West Herts Hospital, aged 53. He was buried 25 November.
His mother-in-law Eliza McCausland is buried in this cemetery in an unmarked grave.
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Unmarked plot James William Stanborough Chamberlain (1887-1940)
James was born 23 March 1887 in Wandsworth, the son of William and Sophia Chamberlain.
In 1891 he was living at 54, Ferrier Street, Wandsworth with his parents and widowed grandmother. His father was a general labourer.
He married Laurie Eliza McCausland on 27 September 1913 at St Philip’s church, Battersea. He was a tram conductor, she was a “chemical assistant”. Both were living at 14, Robertson Street at the time of the wedding.
James joined the Army 4 June 1915 and his attestation papers tell us that he was 5 foot 5 ½ inches tall with a scar on his left temple. He served in the Royal Field Artillery.
Laurie and James’s son Frederick was born 1915 in Clapham.
The paperwork is severely damaged but it seems that James was discharged from the Army 27 June 1919, fit and well.
His permanent address on discharge was given as 227, High Street, Berkhamsted.
Daughter Irene Daisy was born in 1920.
In the 1921 Census James is recorded living with his wife, children, widowed mother-in-law Eliza McCausland and his sister-in-law at 16, Highfield Road, Berkhamsted. He was a stock keeper for Anglodol Ltd chemical works, a branch of Coopers.
His father died in 1936 and is buried here.
In the 1939 Register James and Laurie were living at 8, Manor Street and he was working as a sheep dip packer, presumably for Coopers. He was also an air raid warden.
James died 20 November 1940 in West Herts Hospital, aged 53. He was buried 25 November.
His mother-in-law Eliza McCausland is buried in this cemetery in an unmarked grave.
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