Charles Kenneth James (Lieutenant Colonel)

Remembered with Honour
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A soldier of the Border Regiment
Name	Charles Kenneth James, DSO and Bar
Rank	Lieutenant-Colonel
Number
Battalion	6th Border Regiment
Company
Att'd/Trans
Former unit
Enlisted
Resident
Where born
Ctry of service	United Kingdom
Burial / Commemoration
File:Lt Col James Grave.jpg
Where died	F & F
How died	k.i.a.
Age	26
Date of death	19th May 1918
Casualty type	Commonwealth War Dead
Grave ref.	XVI. D. 7.
Resting place	Bienvillers Military Cemetery

Additional information
Son of DR C. A. James of The Pollard Elms, Upper Clapton, London; husband of Phyllis D. E. Cursham (formerly James), of The Manor House, Thrumpton, Derby.

Source
Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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Lt-Col. Charles James was killed on 19 May 1918 (aged 26).

Charles was educated at the School of Messrs Innes-Hopkins, and Mr.Broadrick’s School, Harrow. He later went to Cheltenham College in 1905, prior to going up to Caius College, Cambridge in 1910. Having originally intended to join the Indian Civil Service, Charles had been accepted for service in the Royal Navy but was later rejected due to defected eyesight. During two long vacations Charles went to Russia, where he coached Alexi, the only son of Baron Stahl von Holstein, Agent and Steward to the Grand Duke Peter of Russia. In addition to being a fluent speaker of Russian, Charles also learned other languages. Prior to the Great War, Charles was employed by the Asiatic Petroleum Company at Shanghai, and at the commencement of hostilities he headed back to England via Siberia, and was arrested twice in Sweden but managed to escape after two days imprisonment with the help of an English Petty Officer. Charles was gazetted as a Second Lieutenant in the 6th (Service) Battalion, Border Regiment in October 1914.

He was killed by machine-gun fire whilst visiting his men.

Abbreviations and notes for soldier's remembrance infobox
d. = died (see point 7 below)	d.o.w. = died of wounds	k.i.a. = killed in action	F & F = France and Flanders (inc. Italy)
Places where soldiers were born, enlisted and died (or buried) have been listed as it was originally published in Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19, Volume 39, The Border Regiment. As a result you may notice some variations in spelling due to a combination of factors including the changes made in the Governmental reform of 1965 and 1974. Some place names changed slightly and some county borders were moved, which either enlarged or reduced these counties in overall size. It might be possible that a town belonging to one county could now belong to another when the borders of those counties moved. Many military abbreviations have also been included here as it was published at the time, for example, the rank Sergeant is sometimes spelt Serjeant depending on the source material. Various ranks have also in many cases been abbreviated, for example, Private is abbreviated to Pte., Lance Corporal to L/Cpl. and Company Sergeant Major CSM Resident signifies where the soldier was living at the time he enlisted. The residences of the enlistees, in many cases, were different to places they enlisted in. Att'd/trans. signifies a soldier was attached or transferred to another unit whilst serving in the Border Regiment. Former unit signifies a soldier served in another unit prior to be transferred to the Border Regiment. Awards are included if a soldier was awarded, for instance, the Distinguished Conduct Medal. This field is usually left blank although many casualties of the Border Regiment were awarded for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. This terminology was usually used in awards such as DCM citations. A full list of Distinguished Conduct Medal Citations has been transcribed. How died can be somewhat ambiguous, for instance d. simply signifies that the soldier died but does not elaborate any further. This could mean he died as a result of sickness such as dysentry, colitis, pneumonia or malaria etc., or possibly an accidental death. Where died usually signifies the theatre of war such as France and Flanders, Macedonia, Gallipoli, Balkans and/or a country such as Egypt etc. Grave ref. list a variety of different references. Most will provide alpha-numeric references and some will show, for instance, Panel 6, Rear of churchyard or in other cases will simply remain blank as no reference has been provided.