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James HAIGH[1]

Male 1896 - 1918  (22 years)

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  • Name James HAIGH 
    Relationshipwith Barbara Frances GURDEN
    Birth 29 May 1896  Austonley, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 2 Apr 1911  Holmfirth, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Woollen Weaver 
    Death 27 Aug 1918  Flers, Somme, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Burial Abt Nov 1918  Bulls Road Cemetery, Flers, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Address:
    Grave III. H. 2 
    Person ID I47  Main Tree
    Last Modified 20 Sep 2025 

    Father Henry HAIGH,   b. 4 Nov 1855, Gatefoot, Fulstone, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Nov 1913, Prickleden, Holmfirth, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Mother Martha Alice CROSLAND,   b. 17 Aug 1863, Hincliffe Mill, Holmfirth, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jul 1946, Holmfirth, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage 4 Oct 1888  Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F12  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 29 May 1896 - Austonley, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Woollen Weaver - 2 Apr 1911 - Holmfirth, Yorkshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 27 Aug 1918 - Flers, Somme, France Link to Google Earth
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    Commonwealth War Graves Commission Note
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    J Haigh Medal-WO-372-8-194957    		J Haigh Medal-WO-372-8-194957
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  • Notes  Died:
    • Lifestory: James Haigh was born in 1896, the sixth child of ten, and third son of Plasterer Henry Haigh and his wife Martha Alice. In the 1911 census, the family are living in Newtown, Holmfirth and James is employed as a woollen jerrier.James was killed in action on 27 August 1918, his death reported in the local paper as follows: “Official intimation has been received by Mrs Henry Haigh, Newtown, Holmfirth, to the effect that her son, Lance Corporal James Haigh, of the West Yorkshire Regiment was killed in action on August 27th. Thus is brought to close a comparatively lengthy spell with the colours, for James was one of those young Britons to whom the calls of the Empire made a successful appeal in the earlier days of the war, and he has laid down his life for the nation at the age of 22 years. It was during Eastertide 1915 that his decision to join the colours was acted upon and he had been in training but five or six weeks when he crossed over to France and became identified with a Pioneer Battalion.

  • Sources 
    1. [S442] Helen, Helen Kirkby, I376.

    2. [S369] Census 1911 Holmfirth, Yorkshire, England RG14PN26223 RG78PN1516 RD495 SD3 ED7 SN41.

    3. [S497] Testamentary records, England, Lives of the First World War 1914-1918 (Reliability: 2).

    4. [S705] Birth certificate of James Haigh, 29 May 1896.
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    5. [S35] C M Sterry, Early Haighs (Reliability: 2).
      Data supplied by Jane Lachs, 13/03/2004, based on data compliled by C M Sterry

    6. [S115] WW1 Casulties.

    7. [S116] War Graves.


 

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