St James Memorial and the KLR - updated

The table below lists the men from the St James Memorial who served in The King's Liverpool Regiment. Links in blue will open a website with more information about that battalion, entries highlighted in yellow indicate a Liverpool Pals Battalion.

Click here to open The Long Long Trail pages about the Battalions of The King's Liverpool Regiment in WW1

Men of The King's Liverpool Regiment

Name		Regimental number	Bttn	Date of Death
Arthur Patrick Beattie	KLR	30532	4th	23/04/1917
William Bolton	KLR	2390	6th	15/08/1916
Norman Bracher	KLR	358365	10th	15/07/1917
Henry Percy Clarke	KLR	1220	1/6th	08/03/1915
John James Corkish	KLR	203097	5th	20/09/1917
Robert D Corran	KLR	2289, 246630		14/09/1918  *
Allan Dawson	KLR	22976	20th	03/09/1916  *
Hugh Stanhope Elliott	KLR	1181, 240091	1/6th	20/09/1917
Lamont Grave	KLR	8969	1/10th	16/06/1915
Thomas W Halpin	KLR	9243	4th	27/04/1915
Frederick Hamilton	KLR	879, 200051	1/5th	01/02/1919
Matthew Thomas Hamilton	KLR	14502	4th	03/01/1916
George James Harker	KLR	17613	19th	28/03/1918
Percy H Harwood	KLR	2250, 240606	1/6th	19/09/1916
Isaac Lucas Hilton	KLR	242828	1/6th	27/06/1917
Thomas Middleton Hulme	KLR	20134,	5th	26/5/1919  *
James Irvine	KLR	359540	1/10th	09/04/1918
Robert Isherwood	KLR	2232	1/7th	16/05/1915
Richard Harkness Jaques	KLR	22427	20th	30/07/1916
Marcus McLean	KLR	4868, 356377	1/10th	09/04/1918
Alfred Mortenson	KLR	4715,		15/04/1918 *
William Noll	KLR	4511	13th	28/03/1918
Robert Campbell Revera	KLR	202309	12th	24/03/1918
Henry Schonewald	KLR	1888	1/6th	05/05/1915
Roderic Dexter Sharpe	KLR	16147	17th	01-02/07/1916
Harold Horatio Smith	KLR	241292	2/6th	05/11/1918
Joseph Morris (possible)	KLR	47738	13th	28/03/1918
* died whilst serving with a different regiment

click here to open a website listing the battalions of the KLR

Private Richard H Jaques 22427

There was only one Richard H Jaques on the CWGC database and his parents' names matched those on a 1911 Liverpool census return. He had the unusual middle name of Harkness so his records are easy to identify.

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(photo courtesy of an ancestry.co.uk public tree)

Richard H Jaques was born in Cumberland in 1890. He was the son of Isaac and Elizabeth Jaques. His father was a seaman.

Richard was the youngest of 6 children.  His father died not long after Richard was born and on the 1891 census Richard was living with his mother and 5 siblings at 77 Upper Hill Street.

In the 1901 census, Richard's mother was still head of the household at 77 Upper Hill Street. Richard, and three of his siblings were with her. One of his sisters had moved to the Isle of Man.

Richard's mother died in 1910.

The 1911 census shows Richard, aged 20 working as a grocer's assistant and living in Liverpool with his brother Isaac (a marine engineer fitter) his sister Eleanor and a cousin from his mother's side Annie Lancaster (managaress of a tobacconists) Their address was 77 Upper  Hill Street, Liverpool.

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On 13th November 1914 in Liverpool Richard Harkness Jaques enlisted as a private in the 20th Service Battalion of the King's Liverpool Regiment for 3 years or the duration of the war. His regimental number was 22427.

His medical form shows that he was 24 years old, 5 feet 5 and 1/4 inches tall and weighed 130lbs. His complexion was fresh, his hair dark brown and his eyes brown.

His physical development was 'good' and he gave his trade as Clerk and religion as Church of England.

It was noted that he had a scar on the inside of his right leg.

Richard's service record shows that he was at home for the period 13.11.14 - 6.11.16

(home meant in England,  not literally at home)

He was in France from 7.11.15 - 30.7.16

The following notes have been made on his service record:

To Trench mortar course  23.2.16

rejoined ex school of mortars   2.3.16

attached to 89 I.B. as 894 T.M Battery 

Joined Trench mortar battery  23.6.16

attached 89/1 Trench Mortar Battery

authy HQ Sq 1B SCA 1497

wounded in action  8.7.1916

killed in action 30.7.1916

His next of kin was his sister Sarah Jane Jaques of 77 Upper Hill Street, Princes Park, Liverpool.

His family were listed as:

brothers (full blood) William Jaques - age 37 - Adelaide, Australia

                                  Henry Jaques - age 37 - Adelaide, Australia

                                  Isaac Jaques - 35 - 77 Upper Hill Street, Liverpool

sisters (full blood)    Sarah Jane Jaques - 39 - 77 Upper Hill Street, Liverpool

                                 Eleanor Jaques - 33 - 77 Upper Hill Street, Liverpool

Richard's effects (letters, photographs and cards) were sent to Sarah Jane with a note advising that they were the joint property of all Richard's siblings.



Richard's medal card (below) shows that he was awarded the Victory Medal and British War Medal.

UK Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-1919

Name:	Richard Harkness Jaques
Birth Place:	Workington, Cumberland
Residence:	Liverpool
Death Date:	30 Jul 1916
Death Location:	France & Flanders
Enlistment Location:	Liverpool
Rank:	Private
Regiment:	King's (Liverpool Regiment)
Battalion:	20th Battalion
Number:	22427
Type of Casualty:	Killed in action
Theatre of War:	Western European Theatre

click here to see the CWGC database entry for Richard Harkness Jaques

KLR Database

The following images are from the Devereux Database, Museum of Liverpool.

James Irvine 359540

I made the assumption that if James Irvine had a middle name it would have been on the war memorial, so only counted results for James or J Irvine. This gave me 31 results on the CWGC database.

This seemed like too large a pool of men but a closer look revealed that most of them were in Scottish regiments. Checking the 'other information' on their entries meant that I could discount 29 of the men. Of the 2 left one was in the King's (Liverpool Regiment) and lived on the same street as St James' Church, the other was in the Welsh fusiliers with no other information.

It seemed likely that I had found the right man, to check the likelihood of there being another James Irvine I checked the 1911 census and found only one result for a James Irvine born in the most likely year range of 1880-1900 and living in Liverpool.  The street address from the CWGC and the census matched.

James Irvine

Born in 1885 (I do not has his date of birth yet) Son of William and Catherine Irvine. The 1891 census shows that William was a boat-builder's labourer and James was one of 7 children. The family lived at 34 Clarke Street (which was near St James)

1891 census: crown copyright

The 1901 census return shows the family now at 32 Clarke Street. William was working as a Ship Smith's Hammer Man and their 8 children range in age from 23 to 7

1901 census: crown copyright



The 1911 census return shows James to be 27 years old and employed as a Cooper, as were his brothers John and Charles. The family were living at 84 Upper Stanhope Street (Adjacent to St James' Church)

1911 census: crown copyright

James' medal card shows that he was in the Liverpool Regiment with the number 359540 and was awarded the Victory and British War Medals.

source: crown copyright

James' entry in UK Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-1918

Name: James Irvine Birth Place: Liverpool Residence: Liverpool Death Date: 9 Apr 1918 Death Location: France & Flanders Enlistment Location: Liverpool Rank: Private Regiment: King's (Liverpool Regiment) Battalion: 10th Battalion Number: 359540 Type of Casualty: Killed in action Theatre of War: Western European Theatre Click here to open a website dedicated to the Liverpool Scottish which includes photographs of a beautiful book of remembrance which of course includes the name of Private James Irvine. Click here to see James Irvine's entry in the CWGC database.

There is also  a plaque dedicated to James by his fellow choristers at Christ Church, Aigburth:

copyright Amanda Taylor 2013

Finally, the probate record for James' will is shown below. Army records show that the pay he was owed, plus a war gratuity of £3 10s were also paid to his mother Catherine.