Jim Yoxall Twamley

1893 - 1915  (22 years)

• Name	Jim Yoxall Twamley
  Birth	1893	Yoxall, Staffordshire, England   [1, 2]
  Christening	8 Apr 1894	Yoxall, Staffordshire, England   [3]
  	Name: James Twamley Baptism date: 8 Apr 1894 Baptism place: Yoxall, St Peter County: Staffordshire Denomination: Anglican Father's name: Charles Mother's name: Alice Jane Abode: Yoxall Quality, Trade, or Profession: Joiner Archive reference: D730/1/4 Page: 158
  Gender	Male
  Residence	31 Mar 1901	Yoxall, Staffordshire, England   [2]
  Residence	2 Apr 1911	Yoxall, Staffordshire, England   [4]
  	Address: Victoria Street
  Occupation	2 Apr 1911  [4]
  	Labourer on farm
  Death	23 Dec 1915	Gallipoli, Çanakkale, Turkey   [5]
  	Name: James Yoxall Twamley Service number: 80625 Rank: Gunner Regiment: Royal Horse Artillery And Royal Field Artillery Birth place: Burton-On-Trent Enlistment place: Hednesford, Staffs Death date: 23 Dec 1915 Cause of death: Died of wounds Death place: Gallipoli Theatre of war: Balkan Theatre
  Commemorated	Abt 1919	Yoxall, Staffordshire, England   [6, 7]
  	PTE JAS TWAMLEY Memorial Yoxall Parish Church (WMR 13430) Yoxall Staffordshire St Peter's Church Main Street, Yoxall, Staffordshire, DE13 8NQ Carved stone ornate dedicatory tablet with wreath and crossed swords in relief at top, an officer resting on his sword, at left and a Tommy resting on arms reversed at right.
  Burial	Gallipoli, Çanakkale, Turkey   [8]
  	Name: JAMES YOXALL TWAMLEY Rank: Gunner Service Number: 80625 Date of death: 23 December 1915 Age: 22 years Cemetery/memorial: LANCASHIRE LANDING CEMETERY Grave Reference/Panel Number: J. 29. Regiment: Royal Field Artillery, 56th Bde. H.Q. Country of service: United Kingdom Note: Son of Charles and Alice Twamley, of Yoxall, Burton-on-Trent Inscription: ONLY A BOY BUT A BRITISH BOY, THE SON OF A THOUSAND YEARS
  Person ID	I1817	Gilbert
  Last Modified	17 Dec 2020

  
  

  Father	Charles Twamley,   b. 1853, Yoxall, Staffordshire, England d. 1935, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Alice Jane Mewis,   b. 1866, Yoxall, Staffordshire, England d. 1935, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	1883	Lichfield, Staffordshire, England
  Family ID	F456	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1893 - Yoxall, Staffordshire, England Christening - 8 Apr 1894 - Yoxall, Staffordshire, England Residence - 31 Mar 1901 - Yoxall, Staffordshire, England Residence - Address: Victoria Street - 2 Apr 1911 - Yoxall, Staffordshire, England Death - 23 Dec 1915 - Gallipoli, Çanakkale, Turkey Commemorated - Abt 1919 - Yoxall, Staffordshire, England Burial - - Gallipoli, Çanakkale, Turkey  = Link to Google Earth
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• Documents

  TWAMLEY, James Y: World War 1 Medal Index Card World War 1 medal index card for James Y TWAMLEY. He was a Gunner in the Royal Field Artillery 216th Brigade. He entered the theatre of war in the Balkans on 26 Oct 1915. He was awarded the Victory Medal, the British War Medal, and the 1914-15 Star. UK, British Army World War I Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 (ancestry.co.uk)

  
  

• Sources

  [S129] General Register Office (England and Wales), GRO Online Index (Births) - England and Wales, Twamley, Jim Yoxall; Mother's Maiden Surname: Mewise; GRO Reference: 1893 D Quarter in LICHFIELD Volume 06B Page 468 (accessed 29 Oct 2019). [S7] 1901 Census (FindMyPast) England, Wales and Scotland, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Twamley, James Y; Birth year: 1894; Birth town: Yoxall; Birth county: Staffordshire; Reg dist: Lichfield; Parish: Yoxall; Town: Yoxall; County: Staffordshire; Ref: RG13; Piece: 2657; Folio: 125; Page: 12 (accessed 29 Oct 2019). [S193] Staffordshire Baptisms (FindMyPast), Twamley, James; Baptism year: 1894; Father's name: Charles; Mother's name: Alice Jane; Baptism place: Yoxall, St Peter (accessed 27 Nov 2020). [S8] 1911 Census (FindMyPast) England and Wales, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Twamley, James; Birth year: 1894; Birth place: In the County of Stafford in the Parish of Yoxall; Reg dist: Lichfield; Parish: Yoxall; County: Staffordshire; Ref: RG14PN16912 RG78PN1045 RD367 SD2 ED22 SN35 (accessed 31 Oct 2019). [S85] Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-1919 (FindMyPast), Twamley, James Yoxall; 1915; Service number: 80625; Rank: Gunner.; Regiment: Royal Horse Artillery And Royal Field Artillery (accessed 31 Oct 2019). [S382] War Memorials Register (FindMyPast), Twamley, James; Death year: 1917; County: Staffordshire; Country: England (accessed 17 Dec 2020). [S383] War Memorials Register (Imperial War Museum - IWM), (Twamley, James; Memorial county: Staffordshire; Memorial town: Yoxall (accessed 17 Dec 2020). [S38] Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), Twamley, James Yoxall; Country: Turkey; Cemetery or memorial: Lancashire Landing Cemetery; Service number: 80625; Regiment: Royal Field Artillery; First World War (accessed 31 Oct 2019).