James Sheridan

Rank:	Gunner
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Town/Village:	Glasgow, Scotland
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Alternative Address:	Co. Longford
Census 1901:	Possible census entry www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Longford/Longford_No__1_Urban/Dublin_Street/1555716/
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Regiment/Unit:	Royal Field Artillery and Royal Horse Artillery, A/46 Brigade
Regiment Number:	7575
Date of Death:	21-03-1918
Cause:	Killed in action
Memorial:	St. Souplet British Cemetery, St. Souplet, Nord, France
Information:	James enlisted in Glasgow, and went to the front in France in July 1915. He initially held the rank of Driver, before transferring and becoming a gunner. James was killed-in-action on the first day of what has been dubbed 'the second-worst day in British military history, which was the first day of the German Spring Offensive of 1918, a.k.a. Operation Michael. The story of James's burial highlights a sadly typical reality of WW1: while many of those who fell with him were never identified, and are buried as 'British Soldier(s) of the Great War', a fragment of James's clothes, with a partially-legible name and regimental number survived, allowing his remains to be identified.
Parents Names:	Son of Ellen Sheridan
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Links:	Link to CWGC entry;

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