Edwin Percy and James Arthur Stead
Item
Title
Edwin Percy and James Arthur Stead
Who?
Edwin Percy Stead and James Arthur Stead
Item(s)
Photos of the casualties, letters informing of their deaths, forms from IWGC
Story
Edwin Percy Stead was KIA on 11.10.1918 by a shell at Narves. He served with the 5th Battalion of the West Yorkshire Regiment. He’s buried at Niagara Cemetery in France. The inscription on his headstone reads ‘See ye to it that they shall not have died in vain.’
James Arthur Stead was killed in action on 9.8.1918. He’s buried in Vielle Chappelle New Military Cemetery, France. The inscription on his headstone reads ‘See ye to it that they shall not have died in vain.’ This matches the inscription on the headstone to his brother.
James Arthur Stead was killed in action on 9.8.1918. He’s buried in Vielle Chappelle New Military Cemetery, France. The inscription on his headstone reads ‘See ye to it that they shall not have died in vain.’ This matches the inscription on the headstone to his brother.
When?
1918
Where?
France
Contributor
Robert Stead, Howard Stead
Collection Day
City Hall, Bradford (02/02/2019)
This item was submitted on February 28, 2019