
James Ivan Blundell Hampshire
Aged just 19, Sapper James Hampshire was one of the first soldiers to hit Gold Beach on D-Day. Jim’s nephew Will Todd tells the story of an Uncle who went to war as a teenager and never came home.
FALLEN HEROES
JAMES IVAN BLUNDELL HAMPSHIRE
Army • SAPPER
Royal Engineers
81 Assault SquadronDIED 18 June 1944
AGE 20
SERVICE NO. 14522070