James E E Lt North Somerset Yeomanry
L IEUTENANT ERNEST EDWARD JAMES was the eldest son of the Rev. Canon Edward James. He was educated at Charterhouse and St. John’s College, Oxford, and in 1901 became a member of the Stock Exchange.
He was for some years in the North Somerset Yeomanry, but when war broke out he was unfit for active service.
In October 1914 he was given the post of Censor of Foreign Cables at the Central Telegraph Office, which carried with it the honorary rank of lieutenant.
Owing to a serious breakdown in health he was forced to resign this post, and he died on 9th January 1918.
Source : The Stock Exchange War Memorial 1914-1918