Wakinshaw J W Sapper 51464 Royal Engineers
WAKINSHAW, JAMES WILLIAM, Sapper, No. 51464, Royal Engineers, 3rd 8. of James Wood Wakinshaw, of Wolsingham, Publican, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of John Clark, of Whitton Park, co. Durham; b. Southwick-on-Wear, co. Durham, 31 March, 1891; educ. National Schooi there; was employed at Pickersgill’s Yard, Sunderland, and resided at 43, Wear Street, Southwick, and had been for five years a member of the Durham Territorial R.G.A.; enlisted 10 Sept. 1914, for the period of the war; trained at Chatham and in Ireland; went to the Dardanelles with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, and died 15 Aug. 1915, of wounds received in action at Suvla Bay; unm. Wakinshaw was a good oarsman, winning many prizes, including the Molly Pratt Cup, four tankards, four medals, etc.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1