JAMES WILLIAM BOND
Born: 25th November 1896, at Martham, Norfolk.
Baptised on the 22nd December 1896, at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Martham – family home at Martham.
Died: 27th April 1916; age 19; Killed at sea by a mine explosion off Malta.
Residence: Queenscliff, Kesteven Road, Ipswich.
Enlisted in the Navy on the 15th September 1909 as a Midshipman.
Rank: Midshipman.
Regiment: Royal Navy, H.M.S. ‘ussell.
Memorial Reference:
15.
Chatham,
Kent.
Brother to CHARLES REGINALD BOND.
CENSUS
1901 Mews House, Cantley, Norfolk.
James was 4 years old and living with his parents & brothers.
Henry Kendall Bond, 44, a Farmer – employer, born Ipswich.
Evelyn Mary Smith Bond (nee Fielding), 33, born Shalden, Hampshire.
Henry Fielding Bond, 8, born Sproughton, Suffolk.
George Fairlie Bond, 6, born Somerton, Norfolk.
John Vivian Bond, 5, born Martham, Norfolk.
Charles Reginald Bond, 2, born Cantley, Norfolk.
1 Governess.
1 cook.
1 housemaid.
1 general servant.
1 nurse.
1911 Royal Naval College, Osbourne, Whippingham, Isle of Wight.
James was 14 years old, a Naval Cadet. He was 1 of 409 students – Captain The Hon. Horace Lambert Alexander Hood M.V.O., D.S.O., R.N.
James is also remembered on the war memorial at St. Mary at Stoke Church, Ipswich.
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