2/5th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment.

Awarded the Military Medal in the London Gazette of 27 June 1918.

Rycroft was a native of Colne, Lancashire.

James Rycroft. M.M. is buried in the Nelson Corporation Cemetery, Walton Lane, Nelson. His gravestone reads, "In loving memory of James Rycroft, M.M., 1898 - 1984 and Ivy his wife 1902 -1932."