Colin Boyd has provided the following:
James was born on 19th January 1893. He was working as an electrician living with his parents, David and Margaret at 35, Laurel Street, Wallsend when he enlisted in the Northumberland Fusiliers on 3rd September 1914.
After transferring to the RNVR on 9th September 1914 James joined the Hood Battalion on the same day and was killed in action in Gallipoli on 4th June 1915.
His name cannot be found on a local memorial.
