British Army Veterinary Corps
James HALES
Private
Died June 1915 · Aged 32
Date discrepancy: The CWGC grave-registration report records Hales’s date of death as 6 June 1915; the CWGC headstone schedule records 7 June 1915, as does the current CWGC casualty record. This entry displays June 1915 and retains both days here because the CWGC documents differ.
Grave-registration report — 6 June (doc2005190) · Headstone schedule — 7 June (doc2104776) · Current CWGC casualty record — 7 June
His story
James Hales worked as a general labourer in Hereford, Herefordshire.
His next of kin was his wife, Mercy Hales.
He served as an Army Veterinary Corps private; his unit is recorded as “Convalescent Horse Depot”. His medal record gives 30 April 1915 as the date of his first qualifying service in France.
He died in June 1915, aged 32. He is commemorated at Gournay-En-Bray Communal Cemetery.
Before the war
- Occupation
- General Labourer
- Residence recorded
- Hereford
- Family
- Mercy Hales - wife
Military service
- Rank recorded
- Private
- Service number
- SE/6020
- Corps or service
- British Army Veterinary Corps
- Unit
- Convalescent Horse Depot
- Theatre of war
- France, 30 April 1915
Medals and commemoration
- 1914–15 Star
Death and burial
- Date of death
- June 1915
- Age
- 32
- Place of death
- France
- Recorded cause
- Cerebral Haemorrhage
- Cemetery or memorial
- Gournay-En-Bray Communal Cemetery
Connected men
- Thomas GILBERTAlso buried at Gournay-En-Bray Communal Cemetery
- Arthur Samuel RUSHFORTHAlso buried at Gournay-En-Bray Communal Cemetery
Sources and further reading
- CWGC casualty and commemoration record
- Research record number: 28
Cite this biography
Graham Hodgkins and Pete Matthews, “James Hales”, Veterinary Virtual War Memorial, https://vetsremembered.org/people/hales-james-se-6020/.
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