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James Lawrence URQUHART

James Lawrence URQUHART[1, 2, 3, 4]

Male 1889 - 1915  (26 years)

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  • Name James Lawrence URQUHART 
    Birth 18 Sep 1889  Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Death 25 Sep 1915  Loos-en-Gohelle Battlefield, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    A letter From the Red Cross to David Urquhart
    A letter From the Red Cross to David Urquhart
    The letter testifies to James Urquhart's last actions before his death at Loos. His body was never recovered and my Great Grandmother would not accept her son's death for a long time.
    Burial
    Urquhart Family Grave, Grimsby
    Urquhart Family Grave, Grimsby

    Sacred
    To the memory of
    DAVID URQHART
    Beloved Husband of
    Helen Marshall
    died March 24th 1928
    Aged 78 years
    ---
    Lieut. JAMES LAWRANCE
    URQUHART
    , BA CANTAB
    7th Northants. Regt.
    who fell at Loos, Sept. 26th 1915
    aged 26 years
    ----
    Capt. JOHN CRAMOND
    URQUHART
    M.C. BSc. A.I.C.
    Adjutant 2/5th Lincs. Regt.
    Beloved Husband of
    Agnes Rankin
    Died Feb 23rd 1931
    Aged 40 years
    ----
    HELEN PATTILLO MARSHALL
    Beloved wife of
    David Urquhart
    Died August 12th 1933
    Aged 80 years


    ON THE LEFT KERB

    JOHN W.E., beloved Husband of Helen C. Warburton, died Ap. 25th 1934 Aged 64 years
    ROGER, Son of the above, died March 2nd 1935 Aged 25 Years


    ON THE RIGHT KERB

    HELEN, infant daughter of Charles K. and Sarah Warburton died Sept 23rd 1914
    CHARLES KEELING WARBURTON, died Nov 23rd 1952 aged 78 years


    ON FOOT KERB

    SARAH JANE MARSHALL URQUHART, wife of Charles Keeling Warburton, died July 24th 1965, aged 90 years

    Plot: 2K 25 and 26
    Memorial Certificate
    Memorial Certificate
    Loos Memorial
    Notes 
    • Regiment, Corps etc.: Northamptonshire Regiment
      Battalion etc.: 7th Battalion
      Last name: Urquhart
      First name(s): James Lawrence
      Initials: J L
      Decoration:
      Rank: LT
      Date died: 25 September 1915
      How died: Killed in action
    Person ID I429  The Full Family Tree
    Last Modified 3 May 2009 

    Father David URQUHART,   b. 05 Jan 1850, Longside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Mar 1928, Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Helen Pattillo MARSHALL,   b. 10 Sep 1852, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Aug 1933, Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage 4 Dec 1874  Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F12  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 18 Sep 1889 - Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 25 Sep 1915 - Loos-en-Gohelle Battlefield, France Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    James Lawrence Urquhart
    James Lawrence Urquhart
    James Lawrence Urquhart
    James Lawrence Urquhart
    Urquhart Family Group c.1911
    Urquhart Family Group c.1911
    Back Row: David (Roy), John (Jack), David Miller, Alfred Collinson, James (Jimmy)
    Middle: Annie, Jessie, Wynefred, Margaret
    Front: "Young Roy"
    James Lawrence <b>URQUHART</b>, 7th Northants Regiment, 1914
    James Lawrence URQUHART, 7th Northants Regiment, 1914
    JLU in his uniform after volunteering for the Regiment from the area in which he was teaching after leaving Cambridge
    Emmanuel College Degree Candidates
    Emmanuel College Degree Candidates
    Cambridge University, July 1913
    James Urquhart
    James Urquhart
    Postcard from Skegness, August 1913

    Histories
    James Lawrence Urquhart Biography
    James Lawrence Urquhart Biography
    A Biography by Ruairidh Greig his Great-Nephew

  • Sources 
    1. [S51] Ancestry.com, 1891 England Census, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1891. Data imaged from The National), Class: RG12; Piece: 2618; Folio 94; Page 23; GSU roll: 6097728.
      Name: James Urquhart
      Birth Date: abt 1890
      Birth Place: Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England
      Residence Date: 1891
      Residence Place: Clee With Weelsby, Lincolnshire, England
      http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=uki1891&h=19704838&ti=5538&indiv=try

    2. [S50] Ancestry.com, 1901 England Census, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1901. Data imaged from the National), Class: RG13; Piece: 3093; Folio: 84; Page: 9.
      Name: James Urquhart
      Birth Date: abt 1890
      Birth Place: Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England
      Residence Date: 1901
      Residence Place: Clee, Lincolnshire, England
      http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=uki1901&h=18063757&ti=5538&indiv=try

    3. [S51] Ancestry.com, 1891 England Census, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1891. Data imaged from The National), Class: RG12; Piece: 2618; Folio 94; Page 23; GSU roll: 6097728. (Reliability: 0).
      Name: James Urquhart
      Birth Date: abt 1890
      Birth Place: Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England
      Residence Date: 1891
      Residence Place: Clee With Weelsby, Lincolnshire, England
      http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=uki1891&h=19704838&ti=5538&indiv=try

    4. [S50] Ancestry.com, 1901 England Census, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1901. Data imaged from the National), Class: RG13; Piece: 3093; Folio: 84; Page: 9. (Reliability: 0).
      Name: James Urquhart
      Birth Date: abt 1890
      Birth Place: Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England
      Residence Date: 1901
      Residence Place: Clee, Lincolnshire, England
      http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=uki1901&h=18063757&ti=5538&indiv=try