3106, Private, 5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment
James Emerson Proctor was born in Northamptonshire in 1894 and was the son of John Wattam & Lily PROCTOR. In 1901 he was living with his parents in Chapel Lane, Winterton, but by 1911 the family had moved to 102 Frodingham Road, Scunthorpe.
James enlisted in Grimsby and is listed on the 1914-15 Winterton Roll of Honour (qualified by upbringing) as being in the 5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.
He entered France on 1st March 1915, but was killed in action on 20th May 1915, aged 21, and is buried in Packhorse Farm Shrine Cemetery, Belgium. His Medal Index Card shows that he was posthumously awarded the 1915 Star, British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
James is shown standing in the photo, but in a further cruel twist of fate, his brother, Ernest Arthur Proctor (seated), who was also serving with the 5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, was killed on the same day and is buried in the same cemetery.
Photo: by kind permission of Jim Cross (nephew) and Denise Swanson (great niece) of James Emerson Proctor.
James Emerson Proctor was born in Northamptonshire in 1894 and was the son of John Wattam & Lily PROCTOR. In 1901 he was living with his parents in Chapel Lane, Winterton, but by 1911 the family had moved to 102 Frodingham Road, Scunthorpe.
James enlisted in Grimsby and is listed on the 1914-15 Winterton Roll of Honour (qualified by upbringing) as being in the 5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.
He entered France on 1st March 1915, but was killed in action on 20th May 1915, aged 21, and is buried in Packhorse Farm Shrine Cemetery, Belgium. His Medal Index Card shows that he was posthumously awarded the 1915 Star, British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
James is shown standing in the photo, but in a further cruel twist of fate, his brother, Ernest Arthur Proctor (seated), who was also serving with the 5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, was killed on the same day and is buried in the same cemetery.
Photo: by kind permission of Jim Cross (nephew) and Denise Swanson (great niece) of James Emerson Proctor.