11th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (British Army)
Date Of Birth:
21/01/1889
Died:
01/07/1916 (Killed in Action)
Age:
27
Summary
James Alexander Potter was the son of Robert and Margaret E Potter. He was born on 21st January 1889 in Caledon. The family moved to Belfast. His father was a carpenter. James Potter enlisted in Belfast. Private James Alexander Potter was serving with in C Company in the 11th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme on Saturday 1st July 1916.
Further Information
James Alexander Potter was the son of Robert and Margaret E Potter. Robert Potter and Margaret Brown were married on 23rd March 1882 in the district of Dungannon.
James Alexander Potter was born on 21st January 1889. He was the younger of at least two children, both born in Caledon.
Known family: Robert Potter, Margaret E Potter, Robert / Richmond J Potter (born 8th August 1885), James Alexander Potter (born 21st January 1889).
The 1901 census lists James as age 9, living with the family at house 26 in Albion Street, St George's Ward, Belfast. His father was a carpenter.
James Potter enlisted in Belfast.
Private James Potter arrived in France with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers on 5th October 1915.
Private James Alexander Potter was serving with in C Company in the 11th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme on Saturday 1st July 1916.
Private James Potter is buried in the A.I.F. Burial Ground, two kilometres north of the village of Flers in the Department of the Somme. His inscription reads: UNTIL THE DAY DAWNS
The CWGC record Private James Alexander Potter as the son of Robert and Maggie E Potter of 81 Snugville Street, Belfast.
