Rank: 
Private
Service number: 
1051
Unit: 
3rd Infantry Battalion
Location: 
10 Convalescent Depot, Ecault, France
3 Canadian General Hospital, Dannes Camiers, France
5 Rest Camp, St Martin's, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France
Brissay-Choigny, France
Proyart, France
Date of Death: 
23 August 1918
Enquirer: 
Mary Johnston
Eyewitness Reports: 
Percy Norman Beresford Seater
Henry Walter Crisp
Percy Samuel Wanless
Robert Avant
Ernest Alfred Philpot
Packet number: 
6387
Date range: 
1918-1919
SLSA record number: 
SRG 76/1/6387
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Submitted by Joannad on Tue, 08/18/2015 - 09:54

Permalink Submitted by Joseph Begnell (not verified) on Sun, 08/02/2015 - 14:58
This soldier's real name was James William Manning Begnell. He changed his name possibly to avoid child support payments for a child that he believed was not his. The matter went to court but he lost the case. He died on the 23rd August 1918 and is buried at Villers Bretonneux cemetery in norther France.

Submitted by Joseph Begnell (not verified) on Tue, 04/24/2018 - 17:11

I would like to add information about my Great Uncle.

Submitted by Joannad on Mon, 04/30/2018 - 09:46

Dear Joseph,
You are welcome to add more information about James William Begnell as a comment on this record.
Kind regards
Joanna

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