Rifleman James Don
3rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)
Killed in Action
Date of Birth: 1881
Place of Birth: Edinburgh
Date of Death: 15 July 1915 in Belgium aged 34
Buried: Potijze Burial Ground Cemetery, Belgium
Awarded the 1914-15 Star, The British War Medal and the Victory Medal
Rifleman James Don. Born in Edinburgh around 1881.
James was registered on 1911 census as serving with the army in Cairo and stationed there at The Citadel as a rifleman with 4th Battalion, Rifle Brigade,
The 1911 census also shows that James was a papermaker before serving in the army.
Rifle Brigade cap badge
His next of kin and legatee was shown as his sister Devina, she married William H Studd at Tiverton in 1916.
His army records show him as a resident of Teignmouth on enlistment at Exeter.
He went to France in December 1914 with the 4th Battalion, Rifle Brigade, but was serving with the 3rd Battalion, army service number 8195.
Killed in action on 15 July 1915. Buried in Potijze Burial Ground Cemetery, Belgium.
