Soldiers Died in the Great War states that he was born in Chevington and enlisted in Amble. He formerly served with the Northumberland Fusiliers with the service number of 13967.
"By the Green of the Spring" A tribute to the men of Chevington and Broomhill who served in the First World War:; J.H. Hardy; 2004; Amble Social History Group.
James Harbottle is remembered in Amble on A13.01 and A13.07, in Morpeth on M17.21 and in the Alnwick Gazette Almanack 1918 page 43
