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JAMES WILLIAM LONGMAN
BORN HULL 5 JULY 1876. SON OF JAMES LONGMAN AND SUSAN STEEDMAN (1848-1912), OF 8, FLORAL AVENUE, RENSBURG STREET, NEW BRIDGE ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS).
MARRIED AT HARLEY STREET, REGISTRY OFFICE, HULL, ON 29 JULY 1899, AGED 23. HUSBAND OF ANNIE ELIZABETH DUNCAN (1869-1927), OF 1 WOODBINE TERRACE, RODNEY STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS), 18, CAROLINE STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS) AND 69, ALICIA STREET, CHARLES STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THEY HAD SIX CHILDREN. HE WORKED AS A FOUNDRY ENGINEER (1911 CENSUS). DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 2 INCHES TALL, 117 LBS WEIGHT, 35.5 INCH CHEST, TATTOOS ON FOREARMS, GOOD PHYSICAL CONDITION.
ENLISTED HULL, ON 10 DEC 1915. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 17 APRIL 1917. SERVED WITHE 24TH DIVISIONAL MOTOR TRANSPORT COMPANY, ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS. DIED OF PNEUMONIA, CONTRACTED ON ACTIVE SERVICE, ON 08/10/1918, AGED 41, AT THE 15TH CASUALTY CLEARING STATION. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 3 YEARS AND 303 DAYS.
BURIED AT HOUCHIN BRITISH CEMETERY, FRANCE.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ANNIE. SHE WAS AWARDED A WEEKLY WAR PENSION OF 35 SHILLINGS ON 28 APRIL 1919.
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