CECIL ERNEST JAMES
Cecil is not remembered on the war memorial at Christchurch Park.
Born: 17th February 1916, Ipswich.
Died: 20th July 1941; age: 25.
Residence: 66, Warwick Road, Ipswich.
Occupation: Motor Mechanic and Tester.
Rank: Private; Service Number: 186588.
Regiment: Royal Army Service Corps, Mechanical Transport Company.
The body was originally buried in an isolated area. On the 3rd February 1944, the body was exhumed, identified and reburied at Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery.
Grave Reference:
6.F.4.
As Sallum,
Matruh,
Egypt.
Father: Frederick George James, born 1868, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire – died December 1935, of Ravenswood, Medway Road, Ipswich.
Mother: Annie Levina James (nee Cresswell), born May 1873, Great Blakenham, Suffolk.
CENSUS
1921 44, Grove Lane, Ipswich.
Cecil was 5 years and 4 months old. He attended School and lived with his parents and sister.
Frederick James, 55 years & 6 months old, a Storekeeper for Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies Ltd. – Engineers, of Orwell Works, Ipswich.
Annie James, 48 years & 1 month old, Home Duties.
Dorothy Edith May James, 13 years & 4 months old, at School, born Ipswich.
ENGLAND and WALES REGISTER 1939
Cecil was a Motor Mechanic and Tester. He lived with his widowed mother and brother.
Annie James, unpaid Domestic Duties.
George Frederick James, a Tool Fitter, born 1892, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland.
1 lodger.
In 1939, Ipswich, Cecil married Winifred Hannah Mann, an underwear silk machinist, born January 1916, Colchester, Essex – daughter of Isaac Thomas Mann, a foundry iron moulder – Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies, Orwell Works, and Lily Mabel Mann (nee Munson), of 10, Conniston Square West, Ipswich.
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