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James Dorber 1895 - 1915

James Dorber was born in 1895 in Salford, Greater Manchester County, England United Kingdom, and died at age 19 years old on September 25, 1915 in Loos, Nord County, Hauts-de-France France. James Dorber was buried at Ypres (menin Gate) Memorial Panel 40. in Belgium. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James Dorber.

James Dorber
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1895
Salford, Greater Manchester County, England, United Kingdom
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September 25, 1915
Loos, Nord County, Hauts-de-France, France
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    – 1895 – James Dorber was born in Salford, Lancashire, England in 1895 to William Henry Dorber and Ellen Bashford, he had six siblings – William, Frederick, Elizabeth, Agnes, Rebecca, Joseph and Henry, James was the eldest. – 1901 – During the early years of the 1900s, the family were living on Radford Street, Pendleton, Salford – James is five years old and head of the house and father William Henry Dorber is employed as a Banksman Coal Pit Brow. – 1911 – The family were living at 26 Montague Street, Pendleton, Salford during the 1911 census. James is 15 years of age and working as an Above Ground Colliery Labourer, head of the house and father of James, William Henry Dorber is employed as an Above Ground Colliery Foreman. – 1915 – James joined the Royal Irish Rifles and was a member of the 2nd Battalion, where he was deployed as a rifleman. His regimental number was 1359. The 2nd Battalion of the Royal Irish Rifles was mobilised for war on 14th August 1914 and landed at Rouen, France. The 2nd Battalion took part in many battles during World War I – most notably The First Attack on Bellawaarde and The Battle of Messines. The most devastating being the Battle of Hooge during the summer of 1915 – where the German army began using flammenwerfer – the flamethrower. The flammenwerfer was later included on the list of weapons forbidden to German Forces by the Treaty of Versailles, although Adolf Hitler would supply his troops with backpack flamethrowers during World War II. It is not known which battle James was killed during, but he did so on 25th September 1915. James’ final resting place is in Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium, where his name is listed on the wall of remembrance at Ypres Memorial – Menin Gate.
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    1895
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    Salford, Greater Manchester County, England United Kingdom
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    Salford, England

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    Salford, England

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    Service number: 1359 Rank: Rifleman Regiment: Royal Irish Rifles Unit/ship/squadron: 2nd Bn.
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    1915

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    September 25, 1915
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    Ypres (menin Gate) Memorial Panel 40. in Belgium
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In 1895, in the year that James Dorber was born, on May 18th, Italy's first motor race was held. The race was 58 miles long - from Turin to Asti and back. Five cars started but only three completed the race. It was won by Simone Federman who drove a Daimler Omnibus - his average speed was 9.6 mph.
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In 1900, at the age of merely 5 years old, James was alive when Carrie Chapman Catt succeeded Susan B. Anthony as the president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. NAWSA was created by Anthony in 1890 in order to fight for the right of women to vote in the United States. Membership in NAWSA began at 7,000 and in the decades of the struggle - women didn't get the right to vote until 1920 - membership rose to 2 million.
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