James William FURMIDGE

1895 - 1917  (21 years)

• Name	James William FURMIDGE
  Birth	15 Sep 1895	Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England   [1, 2]
  Baptism	16 Sep 1895	Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	P1895-004
  Death	9 Jul 1917	Sheffield, Yorkshire, England   [3, 4, 5]
  Burial	14 Jul 1917	Redcar, Yorkshire, England   [6, 7]
  Person ID	I726	Furmedge
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	James William FURMIDGE,   b. 1868, North Ormesby, Yorkshire, England d. 1949, Yorkshire, England (Age 81 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Carrie Maude Watson GILLESPIE,   b. 1871, Durham, England d. Oct 1907, Yorkshire, England (Age 36 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1890	Yorkshire, England   [8]
  Family ID	F314	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 15 Sep 1895 - Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England Baptism - 16 Sep 1895 - Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England Death - 9 Jul 1917 - Sheffield, Yorkshire, England Burial - 14 Jul 1917 - Redcar, Yorkshire, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Headstones

  Private James William Furmidge (1895-1917) Gravestone of James William Furmidge, who died at Warncliffe War Hospital, Sheffield, Yorkshire having been wounded in France. Memorial ID: 60117231. Plot: M.14.13

  
  

• Notes

  James William Furmidge enlisted as a Private in the Yorkshire Regiment during the Great War, his service numbers were 1522 & 235139. On the 28th April it was reported in several newspapers that he was dangerously ill in hospital in France having received gunshot wounds in his shoulder and right arm. He was at some point transferred to the Wharncliffe War Hospital in Sheffield, Yorkshire, where he died on the 9th July 1917 (Cleveland Standard published 28 April 1917, Page: 3; Tees-side Weekly Herald published 28 April 1917, Page: 5; Stockton Herald published 21st July 1917, Page: 6).

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] England & Wales, GRO Birth Index, (Name: General Register Office;), James William Furmidge, Registered: Oct-Dec 1895, District: Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, Vol: 9D, Page: 511. [S286] St Paul (Middlesbrough, Yorkshire), Parish Register, James William Furmidge, Baptism Register Entry, 1895, PR/M(P)1/4, Page: 68; digital image accessed on www.findmypast.co.uk; original data: Teeside Archives. [S94] CWGC Archive, J W Furmidge, Private No.: 235139, 4th Bn Yorkshire Regiment; grave registration digital image:. https://www.archive.cwgc.org [S289] Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser, Stockton-on-Tees, Durham (online archive), “Deaths: Furmidge”, 21 July 1917, Page: 6. [S4] England & Wales, GRO Death Index, James William Furmidge: Registered: Jul-Sep 1917, District: Wortley, Yorkshire, Vol: 9C, Page: 291. [S285] DC Thomson Family History (Findmypast), "Yorkshire Burials", James William Furmidge, 1917, Redcar Cemetery, Yorkshire; transcription of burial register, page: 122. [S290] Redcar Cemetery, Redcar, North Yorkshire, England, Private J W Furmidge, memorial page, Find a Grave database and images, Memorial ID: 60117231; Plot M.14.13. [S3] England & Wales, GRO Marriage Index, (Name: General Register Office;), James William Furmidge: Registered: Jul-Sep 1890, District: Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, Vol: 9D, Page: 868.