Jean Longstaff has submitted the following:-
James was the oldest of the two boys from a family of six born to boilermaker cum glassworker William Temple and his wife Mary Maudlin. Born on 21st June 1880 James spent four years in 5th Durham Light Infantry, including eighteen months fighting with them in the South African Wars. On his return to South Shields James married Janet Taylor in autumn 1902 and their first child was born the following year. By 1904 the young family had moved to the Stanley area where their second two children were born, and by 1911 James was working for a dairy produce company and they were living in Sherburn Terrace, Consett.
At the end of March 1912 James, Janet and their three children, James, Reginald and Winifred, emigrated to Canada, sailing from Liverpool to New Brunswick on board the SS Empress of Britain intending to head west and become farmers. Forty months later they were living in Stettler, Alberta and on 24th June 1915 James enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force as Private 447528 of the 56th Battalion. Arriving in England on board the SS Baltic early in April 1916 the Battalion provided reinforcements to the Canadian Corps in the field, and on 24th May Private Temple found himself in France joining the 31st Battalion at Winnipeg Camp near Voormezeele. On the front line around Neuville St.Vaast on 3rd May 1917 Private 447528 was one of 54 soldiers reported missing.
James Temple is remembered in South Shields on S86.039
In Canada he is remembered on their Virtual War Memorial and in their Book of Remembrance, and on the war memorial in Stettler, Alberta.
Canadian Book of Remembrance
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
The CWGC entry for Private Temple