James Frederick Haworth

Age 34        Married with 1 child

Private 28112
8^th Bn., The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

died of wounds on
Monday 23^rd July 1917

James lived with his wife and son in Wesley Street, Sabden.  As a child  he attended the village County School and after leaving school he learnt his trade as a  weaver at Messrs Lockwood and Buckley’s Union Mill. 

At the outbreak of the war James gained employment at Messrs Howard and Bullough’s Munitions Factory, Accrington.  At the end of 1916, he enlisted in the East Lancashire Regiment and after training he was transferred into the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment  Towards the end of June 1917 James was sent out to Belgium.  Five weeks later Mrs Howarth received the following letter from one of her husband's comrades

“I regret to say that your husband, Pte. J. F. Howarth, 28112, East Lancashire Regt.,  died here of wounds in the chest and thigh at 7.15 pm July 23^rd.  He was only with us a day, he sent his love to you, and wishes you not to worry.  He died quietly, and passed peacefully away after I had commended his soul to god.  His body was laid in the…………. Military Cemetery.  God bless and sustain you in this great sorrow.”

Although James was buried in a small cemetery, it was later destroyed by enemy shellfire and the graves lost.

James is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

 In Sabden he has been remembered on both the School and Church Plaques.