We remember James Arthur Keegan

We remember James Arthur Keegan

Timeline

Timeline

1883
sibling Henry George Keegan Source:6642954 1883
1887
sibling Eliza Hariet Hamilton Source:6642954 1887
1889
sibling Margaret Ann Keegan Source:6642954 1889
1896
birth New Bradwell, Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire United Kingdom Source:6642954 23rd June 1896
1899
sibling Lillian Ellen Keegan Source:6642954 1899
1899
location 9 Kingsley Road, Preston Park, Brighton, Sussex United Kingdom their own address Source:6642954 1899
1901
sibling Arthur Keegan Source:6642954 1901
1903
education Not known Stanford Road Junior School Preston, Brighton, Sussex United Kingdom Source:6642954 1903 - 1907
1903
sibling Winifred Alice Bowers Source:6642954 1903
1906
sibling William Francis Keegan Source:6642954 1906
1908
sibling Alice Mary Louisa Luther Source:6642954 1908
1911
employment Apprentice Market Gardener His father Preston, Brighton, Sussex. United Kingdom Source:6642954 1911 - 1913
1911
sibling Mary Eileen Dewsall Source:6642954 2nd June 1911
1914
service British Army Serjeant L/0187 Royal Sussex Regiment 7th Battalion Source:6642954 8th August 1914 - 4th March 1916
1915
theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:6642954 29th May 1915 - 4th March 1916
1915
awards Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) British Award/Decoration Source:6642954 9th September 1915
enlistment Inkerman Barracks, Woking United Kingdom Source:6642954
service British Army Corporal L/10187 Royal Sussex Regiment Source:2263434
service British Army Serjeant L/10187 Royal Sussex Regiment Source:2263434
service British Army Corporal L/10187 Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Battalion Source:6642954
location 24 Kingsley Road, Preston Park, Brighton, Sussex United Kingdom their own address Source:6642954
location 47 Bates Road, Preston Park, Brighton, Sussex United Kingdom their own address Source:6642954
1916
death Killed in Action James having occupied a crater on the morning of 3rd March, was killed the following morning by an intense bombardment from German large trench-mortars, howitzers and field-guns. Hohenzollern Redoubt France Source:7322809 Source:6642954 4th March 1916
burial Loos Memorial CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Pas de Calais James' body was not found. He is remembered at the Loos Dudd Corner Memorial in France France Source:7322809 Source:6642954

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names James Arthur
Initials JA
Last Name Keegan
Source 6642954
First Names James
Initials J
Last Name King
Source 6642954
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
24 Kingsley Road, Preston Park, Brighton, Sussex United Kingdom their own address
47 Bates Road, Preston Park, Brighton, Sussex United Kingdom their own address
9 Kingsley Road, Preston Park, Brighton, Sussex United Kingdom their own address 1899
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army L/10187 Royal Sussex Regiment Corporal
British Army L/10187 Royal Sussex Regiment Serjeant
British Army L/10187 Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Battalion Corporal
British Army L/0187 Royal Sussex Regiment 7th Battalion Serjeant
Awards
AwardTypeSource
Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) British Award/Decoration
Unknown First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Harriet, Amelia Keegan mother
Henry Keegan father
Siblings
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Mary Eileen Dewsall sister 2nd June 1911
Henry George Keegan brother 1883
Eliza Hariet Hamilton sister 1887
Margaret Ann Keegan sister 1889
Lillian Ellen Keegan sister 1899
Arthur Keegan brother 1901
Winifred Alice Bowers sister 1903
William Francis Keegan brother 1906
Alice Mary Louisa Luther sister 1908
Religion
DateReligionSource
Anglican - Church of Eng, Irl, Wales or other

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Imperial1
Medal Index Cards Transcription Yvonne27542

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Commonwealth War Graves Commission Graham19656

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