Date of Birth
27 September 1880
College
Borough Road College
Job(s)
Teacher at Higher Board School, Halifax
Service number
Unknown
WW1 rank
19th (Public School) Battalion Royal Fusiliers
Lieutenant Colonel, 24th Battalion Manchester Regiment (Oldham Pals)
Theatre of war
Western Front, Europe
Date of death
4 May 1917
Location of death
Battle of Bullecourt, Arras
Buried/memorial
Mory-Abbey Military Cemetery, France (Grave/Memorial reference: I. C. 10.), Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge – Chapel North Wall
Awards/Honours
Distinguished Service Order
Biography
Lieutenant Colonel James Henry Chadwick was the son of Hiram and Alice Chadwick. He attended bible class before joining Borough Road College. He was at Borough Road College from 1899-1900 where he was successful in arts and sciences, graduating with Intermediate Arts. Upon leaving Borough Road College Chadwick taught at Higher Board School, Halifax and then won a scholarship to Cambridge. He graduated from Cambridge in 1910 with a double first. Chadwick then went on to lecture at Bristol Training College before becoming an HM Inspector of Schools. He signed up 5 weeks after the outbreak of the First World War on 1 September 1914 and initially joined the 19th (Public School) Battalion Royal Fusiliers before being commissioned into the 24th Battalion Manchester Regiment (Oldham Pals) and rose to command his battalion. He was 31 when he was hit by German shellfire whilst reconnoitring Bullecourt trench on 4 May 1917 during the Battle of Bullecourt. He was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Order.
Sources
Entry on p. 83, Mentioned on Framed Borough Road College Roll of Honour, Borough Road College 1898 applications, 1902 Annual Report, Secondary source information provided by Douglas Craik (taken from Commonwealth War Graves Commission), Cambridge University Trinity College Chapel Memorial, The O.B.’s War Hum and Roll of Service (1918, 4th Edition)