Registered as a Hewer (Coal Mine) aged 37 living 22 North Durham Street, Sunderland with his wife Mabel Price aged 35; children: Thomas 9, Gilbert 7, Mary 4, James 1.1/2 - Married 13 years, 7 children, 3 deceased
Qualifying 8 Sep 1914
8th (Service) Battalion
Formed at Beverley on 22 September 1914 as part of K3 and attached to 62nd Brigade, 21st Division.
9 September 1915 : landed at Boulogne.
16 November 1915 : transferred to 8th Brigade, 3rd Division.
17 February 1918 : disbanded in France. Troops formed 10th Entrenching Bn with men from 12th West Yorks.
UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 about James Monarch Name: James Monarch
Birth Place: Sunderland
Residence: Sunderland
Death Date: 12 Mar 1917
Enlistment Location: Seaham Harbour
Rank: L/Corporal
Regiment: East Yorkshire Regiment
Battalion: 8th Battalion.
Number: 9989
Type of Casualty: Killed in action
Theater of War: Aldershot
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: III. F. 9.
Cemetery: FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS
No Surname Rank Service Number Date Of Death Age Regiment/Service
1 MONARCH, J Lance Corporal 9989 12/03/1917 Unknown East Yorkshire Reg.
Nationality Grave/Memorial Ref. Cemetery/Memorial Name
United Kingdom III. F. 9. FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS
