West, James Rowland

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Date of death:: April 13th, 1942 (Imber, UK)
Buried on:: Memorial Weymouth Crematorium
Nationality:: British

Biography

Captain, 5th Dorsetshire (Weymouth) Battalion, Home Guard. Accidentally killed during a flying demonstration. A total of 24 people were killed in the accident.

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Military Cross (MC)

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)

For merit in WW1

1914 Star

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)

British War Medal 1914-1920

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)

Victory Medal 1914-1918

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)

Defence Medal 1939-1945

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Captain
Unit:: 5th Dorsetshire (Weymouth) Battalion, Home Guard, British Army

Posthumously awarded

Sources

- Roll of Honour - Dorset - Weymouth Crematorium
- A group of four First World War awards to James Roland West, comprising Military Cross, George V

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