James Delbanco

Private James Robert Delbanco was an English soldier of the British Army who died during the First World War.
He was born in 1896, in Ormskirk, the son of German-born provision merchant Charles Ludwig and Marie Delbanco (née Watling), of Kingston, Surrey. At the time of the 1911 Census, the Delbanco family were residing at 6 Rutland Road.
Delbanco died on 30 July 1916, during the Somme Offensive, while serving on the Western Front with the 20th (Service) Battalion (4th City), The King's (Liverpool Regiment). His battalion, one of four known popularly as the Liverpool Pals, had been tasked with the capture of Guillemont, but in the abortive attempt suffered heavy casualties of 16 officers and 357 other ranks.Wyrall, Everard (1930/2012), History of the King's Regiment (Liverpool) 1914-1919, Volume II, p. 299.
He has no known grave and is commemorated by the Thiepval Memorial.
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==References==
*Ancestry.co.uk.
*Delbanco, James, cwgc.org. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
Category:1896 births
Category:1916 deaths
Category:British military personnel
Category:British Army
Category:British people of German descent
Category:Burial Unknown
Category:Thiepval Memorial
Category:Privates