Additional Information
James and the Battalion arrived at Le Havre on the 17/08/1915 and were part of the 2nd Guards Brigade, Guards Division. James was Killed in Action on the 3rd day of the Battle of Loos 1 month and 10 days after arriving at Le Havre. The Battle of Loos 25th September - 15th October 1915 : The first genuinely large scale British offensive action but once again only in a supporting role to a larger French attack in the Third Battle of Artois. British appeals that the ground over which they were being called upon to advance was wholly unsuitable were rejected. The Battle is historically noteworthy for the first British use of poison gas. Hulluch area : At 4.40pm on the 27/09/1915 : under cover of a thick smoke screen, 2nd Guards Brigade advanced to Chalk Pit Wood and the Chalk Pit. A further advance to the buildings at Puits 14 bis was halted by machine-gun fire from Bois Hugo. SEE PHOTOS x 15 FOR THE BATTALION WAR DIARY SEPTEMBER 1915. The first 3 days of this Battle over 82 men from the Memorial pay the ultimate sacrifice. James was 1 of 99 men from the Coatbridge Memorial who fell during and from injuries from the Battle of Loos. SEE PHOTOS x 20 FOR THE GUARDS DIVISION BOOK 27/09/1915. Scottish Regiments lost a huge amount of brave men at Loos. Here is a list of Infantry Battalions who lost more than 500 men at the Battle of Loos from 25/09/1915 to 16/10/1915 - 7th Cameron Highlanders 687, of which 19 Officers, 9th Black Watch 680, of which 20 Officers, 6th King's Own Scottish Borderers 650, of which 20 Officers, 10th Highland Light Infantry 648, of which 20 Officers, 7th King's Own Scottish Borderers 631, of which 20 Officers, 8th Devons 619, of which 19 Officers, 8th Royal West Kents 580, of which 24 Officers, 8th Buffs 558, of which 24 Officers, 12th Highland Light Infantry 553, of which 23 Officers, 8th Black Watch 511, of which 19 Officers, 5th North Staffordshire 505, of which 20 Officers, 8th Seaforth Highlanders 502, of which 23 Officers. James' Will - 6677 Green, James from Keady in Armagh. In his Will dated 02/08/1915 witnessed by T H Langrishe of Knocktopher Abbey, Co. Kilkenny and F Farrell, Drumlish, Co. Longford his effects and property were received by wife Annie Green of Coatbridge, Scotland. See photos for James' Medal Index Card, his name on the Ireland Casualties of WW1 List, his CWGC Grave Registration, his name on the Loos Memorial Panel List, his name on the Loos Memorial x 2, his Army Register of Soldiers Effects, his Service Medal and Award Rolls, James Pension Records x 3 and the Irish Guards Cap Badge. Finally, SEE PHOTOS x 25 FOR THE GUARDS DIVISION BOOK 27/09/1915 - 30/09/1915, PHOTOS FOR 22 PAGES FROM THE MOST UNFAVOURABLE GROUND BOOK REGARDING THE BATTALION and DIVISION 27/09/1915 (fantastic book on the Battle of Loos kindly signed by the author Niall Cherry), the Guards Division Order of Battle x 12 (the Division James was with when he fell), photos of a wreath x 2 placed by myself at Loos Memorial in July 2023 remembering ALL the men who left from the Iron Burgh who are named there, one of myself at the Irish Guards Panel at the Memorial (James listed bottom left) and Newspaper clippings x 2 (Coatbridge Express x 1 and the Coatbridge Leader x 1).
