Private James Cuerdale
9292 1st Royal Fusiliers
Killed in Action 27th September 1914, aged 30
Lived at 34 Standish Street
Commemorated on the La Ferte Sous Jouarre Memorial, France
Burnley Express 10/10/1914 - 10/10/1914

A letter sent to his "Young lady" after his death read;

"You must excuse me writing to you, but it was the wish of your young man. He was a friend of mine, and we had previously agreed that if either of us was shot, the other should, if possible, inform the deceased's relative.
It is now my painful duty to inform you that on Friday September 27th, while we were making an attack, he got shot. I was also shot, but was more fortunate than him. You must excuse me not writing before, but I got wounded in the arm and was unable to write."

Yours Sympathetically
Private H. Thomas Travers
(3rd Northern General Hospital, Sheffield)