Friday 12 November 2010

6703 Pte James A Andrews, 1st (Royal) Dragoons

6703 Private James Albert Andrews of the 1st (Royal) Dragoons was killed in action on the 12th November 1914. He was 22 years old, the son of James and Rose Rebecca Andrews of 60 Wilcox Road, South Lambeth, London. His number dates to around March 1912 when he originally joined the 2nd Dragoons (Scots Greys). James has no known grave and is commemorated by name on the Menin Gate at Ypres.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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