20810 Pte. J.A.Mould

20810 Private James Arthur Mould was born on the 11^th March 1896 in Mow Cop; he was the eldest of 6 children to Edwin and Lydia A Mould (nee Mountford).

On the 1911 census James was living with his family in High Street, Mow Cop his occupation was a Coal Mine Pit lad driver, his father worked as a Coal Miner Hewer (hewer is a digger).

James enlisted in Newcastle-under-Lyme in 1915, there are no service records for him, but we can see from his Medal Index card that he served in France from 5^th October 1915 until he was killed on 14^th September 1916; he is buried in Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs, Northern France.