Sadler, James R 1917.

James Robert Sadler. Died 9 May 1917

James was born in 1895 to father Alfred and mother Ann in Wokingham, Berkshire. He was the second born and had five siblings, four brothers (two did not make adulthood) and a sister, Margaret. By the age of thirteen , James was a Houseboy and his father a carter for the local council. His parents lived at 1 Frederick Place in Wokingham, Berkshire in 1911, they had. However, his parents had moved to 19 Mount Pleasant (at the back of the railway

station) at the time of James’s death.

James joined the Royal Field Artillery, 162nd Siege Battery, which first saw action in France 1916. He had reached the position of Serjeant and therefore may have joined up some time well before 1916. We know the 162nd saw action at Vimy in April 1917, but have not yet found the circumstances that led to his death.

Name: SADLER
Initials: J R
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Serjeant
Regiment/Service: Royal Garrison Artillery
Unit Text: 162nd Siege Battery.
Date of Death: 09/05/1917
Service No: 38705
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. A. 1.
Cemetery: LA TARGETTE BRITISH CEMETERY, NEUVILLE-ST. VAAST

1 Frederick Place in 1911
19 Mount Pleasant at the time of his death (probably parents)