Bond of Sacrifice page 321
K.O.Y.L.I. War Diary November page 15
K.O.Y.L.I. War Diary 18th November
Photo: B. Chandler
In Newcastle (Old Jesmond) Cemetery is a headstone for Pyman, on one side of which is:
Captain, 3rd Border Regiment
Killed in the trenches near Hooge, Belgium,
On November 18th 1914, aged 31 years.
“Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori”.
James was educated at Mill Hill and Hameln, near Hanover in Germany.
He was gazetted a Lieutenant in the 3rd (Militia) Borderers on the 20th May 1903.
Promoted a Captain on the 10th May 1906. He later joined the Reserve of Officers, but on the outbreak of War in August 1914, he re-joined his Regiment.
James went to France on the on the 14th October, and was attached to the 2nd Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry regiment.
He was killed in action near Hooge, on the 18th November, by a high explosive shell, after being buried alive with four other men.
De Ruvigny Roll of Honour
He is remembered in Alnmouth on A10.12 and Newcastle in Northern Counties Club meeting