Biddle J P Pte 146463 1th Manchester Regiment
BIDDLE, JAMES PEARSON, Private, No. 46463, 11th (Service) Battn. The Manchester Regt., yst. s. of George Biddle, of 16, Belfield Road, Didsbury, near Manchester, Estate Agent and Surveyor, by his wife, Mary Anne, dau. of William Birkby Pearson; b. Bootle, co. Lancaster, 4 July, 1891; educ. Lucton School, Luston; volunteered for active service soon after the out-break of war, and joined the Duke of Lancaster’s Own Yeomanry 3 Sept. 1914, in which he was made L.-Corpl. and Despatch Rider; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 1 Dec. 1916, being transferred to the 23rd Manchester Regt., and subsequently to the 11th Battn. of the same regiment, and died at No. 33 Casualty Clearing Station 29 Sept. 1918, of wounds received in action during the attack on the Hindenburg Line. Buried in Bucquoy Road British Cemetery, Ficheux, south of Arras; unm.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5