James McBride

The Battalion was part of the 198th Brigade, 66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division when James Died of Wounds at a time when the Germans were retreating all along the line. Wounds were received at the Battle of the Selle, 17th - 25th October 1918, This was part of the Final Advance in Picardy, 17th October - 11th November 1918 : The hardest-fought of the final offensive actions. First, Third and Fourth Armies exploited their success in breaking the Hindenburg Line by pushing on across the Rivers Selle and Sambre, recapturing Valenciennes and finally in liberating Mons, where it had all begun for the British Expeditionary Force more than four years before. James served over 4 years before his death. 3 of them in the East before going to France. He was home just 2 months before he died. See photos for James' Medal Index Card, his Newspaper clipping, his Army Register of Soldiers Effects x 2, his Service Medal and Award Rolls, his listing in the Ireland Casualties WW1, his CWGC Grave Registration x 2, his Headstone Report, Roisel Communal Cemetery Extension, the Royal Dublin Fusiliers Cap Badge, James' Pension Records x 3 and another photos of James' Grave. Finally, see photos for the 66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division Order of Battle x 13 (the Division he was with when he died).