Heroes and Rebels in the Family Tree—James Alfred Culham and the Lowestoft Unemployment ‘Riots’
Heroes and Rebels in the Family Tree—James Alfred Culham and the Lowestoft Unemployment ‘Riots’ A Leading Seaman with the Royal Naval Reserve, James died on 8th of September 1940 at the age of 40. James was born at Lowestoft on September 11, 1899, the eldest son of five children born to James Alfred Culham and Georgianna Louisa Tyrrell. He was baptised at Saint Margaret's Church in Lowestoft, Suffolk, England on 15 March 1903 (the same day as his brother Walter) and his family lived at 65 Seago Street and this was still their address in 1911 and 1921. James joined the Royal Naval Reserve on July 27,1915 and served on the trawler Christmas Daisy as a Deck Hand. On May 15,1917 Austrian destroyers attacked the British drifters that made up the Otranto Barrage in the Adriatic. After the engagement James was reported to be missing. He was captured by the Austrians and held at a prisoner of war camp in Austria until the end of the war. he was discharged on February 23...