Private James William Bumstead

Army Number: 268132 (formerly 7453 Royal Sussex Regiment)

Battalion : 

Son of Alfred William and Mary Ann  Bumstead, of 43, All Saints Street, Hastings, Sussex. He enlisted at Hastings and was later transferred to the 2/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment. He was killed in action, 26th September 1917, age 18, in the attack near Wieltje, Belgium. 

Commemorated : Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Panel 99 to 102 and 162 to 162A.

Private James William Bumstead is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
Hastings and St. Leonard’s War Memorial, Alexandra Park Hastings, Sussex.