James Weeks

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James Weeks was born on 18 Nov 1897 in Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, and baptised there on 15th Feb, 1898 the son of Edward Jesse Weeks, a Game Keeper, and Sarah Ann Weeks (nee Avery). His siblings included Sidney, born in 1887, who also died in the war whereas Edward Jesse Weeks served and survived.  At the time of the 1911 Census he was single, working as a Farm Labourer and living at Farnham, Blandford, Dorset. He enlisted in Bournemouth as a Driver with the Territorial Force of the Royal Field Artillery (Service No. 645269). He served in France & Flanders from 6 May 1915 and was awarded the Victory, British War Medals as well as the 1915 Star. At the time of his death he was serving with the RFA (3rd Army Reinforcements) and died of an unspecified illness in a local hospital in Rouen, France, on 26th June 1918 (as confirmed on the French death certificate issued at the time) and was subsequently buried at St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France (grave id. Q.II.C.11). He is remembered on the Farnham War Memorial in St. Lawrence's Church.