Lance Corporal 2043 James CHURM

Lance Corporal 2043 James Churm{gallery}L/Cpl J Churm{/gallery}1st/8th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

Killed in action at Hooge, France and Flanders, 27th June 1915, aged 21

• Buried: Hooge Crater Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 132 to 135 and 162A
  
• Awarded: 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals. Star not mentioned on Medal Card but it is in Service Records
  
• Son of James and Harriet Churm [nee Guest]
• NNWFHS Memorials: Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments | Stockingford Council School | Stockingford St Paul’s
  

Links to Relevant Information

• https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/457691/%20CHURM/
• Hooge Crater Cemetery
• Sherwood Foresters

1911 Census and Family History Information

• Born Jul Qtr 1893 Bilston, Staffs
• Attended Stockingford Council School
  
• Lived at 62 Webb Street, Stockingford [1901]
  
• Lived as a boarder at 141 Arbury Road, Stockingford [1911]
• Lived at 33 James Street, Arnold, Notts [1914]
  
• Employed as a coal miner / filler [1911]
• Employed as a miner at Gedling Colliery [1914]
  
• Enlisted at Arnold, Notts 30 April 1914. Arrived in France 2 Mar 1915