Trefonen
  • Home
  • Our Area
    • Trefonen's Past
    • Industrial Period
    • Walking
    • Accommodation
    • Transport Links
    • Village Design Statement
    • Trefonen Hill Walk History
  • Wildlife Friendly...
    • Natures Calendar
    • Activities >
      • Build a Bug Hotel
      • Draw a bird
      • Cleaning Bird Feeders
      • Make a Beetle Bucket
      • Make an Apple Bird Feeder
      • My Street Tree
    • Identification
    • Orchids
    • Fungi
    • Berries
    • Autumn Wildlife Gardening
    • Winter & Early Spring Flowers
  • Amenities
    • Village Hall and Field >
      • The Field >
        • Playing Field Calendar
      • The Hall
      • Village Hall Booking Form
    • All Saints' Church >
      • Church Home Page
      • Support
      • Coronavirus - Offers of Help
    • Village Shop
    • The Barley Mow >
      • Pub
      • Restaurant
      • Offas Dyke Brewery
      • Contact
      • Gallery
  • What's on...
    • Regular Activities
    • Clubs and Societies >
      • WI >
        • WI Meeting Reports
        • 2021 Meeting Programme
        • Meeting Information and Membership
    • What's On Now...
    • Flicks In the Sticks
  • Lights Out Trefonen (WW1)
    • Book Available
    • About
    • WW1 Centenary Trails >
      • WW1 Centenary Trail Maps
    • Database
    • Trefonen War Memorial >
      • Trefonen Memorial Roll of Honour
      • John Vaughn Campbell VC
    • Nantmawr British School Roll of Honour
    • Park Hall Camp
    • German Prisoner of War Camp >
      • German Military Cemetery >
        • World War 1 Photo Gallery
    • Photos 2014
  • Contact
James Platt
Picture
Introduction
​James Platt was born on the 26th September  in Wrexham and at the age of 18 he joined the Railways as a porter at Shrewsbury Station moving up to Carman in Shrewsbury and then Wellington by 1901.

He had married Rachael Octavia Greaves in 1900 and in the 1901 census was living at Swan Yard, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury.

​By the time of the 1911 census he had moved to 16 St John Street, Wellington and they had four young children. He had changed his employment and was then working as a van man for a grocery.
​The newspaper cutting below shows at the time of his death he left behind his wife and eight young children.
​
Picture

Picture
Military Record including Regimental and Battalion Information
​​
James Platt enlisted in February 1915 but his soldiers effects record seems to point to him not going overseas to fight.
​
This is likely to mean that Battalion he was in was the 2/1st which was formed as a Second-Line regiment and remained at home until July 1916 when it was converted into a Cyclist unit It moved to Ireland in early 1918.

The report of his death from Pneumonia above also mentions his return from Ireland on leave when he was taken ill.

Census data 
Picture
1901 Census - Shrewsbury
Picture
1911 Census - Wellington

Picture
Photo by Chris Woods 11/11/16
Memorial and War Grave Information
​Sergeant James Platt
​210229 Cheshire Yeomanry

​is buried in Trefonen Church Cemetery