Private 6975 James George Longman
1st Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment
Born February 1884 in Marylebone, London.
Killed in action - 13th November 1914 - Age 30
Zonnebeke (Ypres) Belgium
No known grave - Commemorated on the Menin Gate
Served with the 5th Battalion Middlesex Regiment
Private 2509
South Africa (Boer) War 1900-1902
Enlisted into the Royal Berkshire Regiment - January 1903
Served across the Empire in Cyprus, Egypt & India
Departed for France on 12th August 1914
Fought with his Battalion at Mons, Ainse & the Marne
The Battalion marched 236 miles in 15 days
Dug in for trench warfare at Ypres on 22 October 1914
James and eight of his comrades were killed on 13 November
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
Danny O'Leary