Eric Wilfred James died 1943

Dorothy

ERIC WILFRED JAMES
Born: 1902

Died at Lucknow

On March 13, 1943

Had searched high and low but

couldn't find the grave. The death

is recorded at the St Peter's Church,

Charbagh, Lucknow

(The grave could not be found)
               **
Eric married Dorothy Little, nee Beck,
the widow of Sergt Little.  
She had a son and daughter from Eric.
Subsequently, Dorothy
became a Mrs Ducasse. She died in
Australia in the 1970s

About two years back I had a request from Richard James who lives the UK, asking me to try and find his father's resting place. His request came after he found my guava gardens blog. 
 Richard who is now 80 years old said his dad, a railwayman, died quite suddenly in 1943 when he and his sister, Mary, were small. Richard was born in 1935. His sister was younger. I checked but was unable to find the email where he had given family details.
His mother had left the family so the two children were on their own in Lucknow with grand parents in Bangalore. However, arrangements were made for them to attend schools in Mussoorie. I presume it was Oak Grove, a school for railway children!
Later Richard and Mary were sent to the UK by their grandparents who lived in Bangalore

IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
MY DARLING HUBBY
THOMAS RICHARD JAMES
WHO PASSED ON TO
HIS HEAVENLY HOME ON
MAY 10TH 1954
AGED 93 YEARS AND 5 MONTHS
(Lived and died in Bangalore)
*
Father of Eric (died 1943 Lucknow) 
and Thomas William, the
eldest son, who also died at Lucknow in
1968. Maurice James, closed 94 in August 2018  
in the UK, is the last surviving 
child of Thomas William 

Richard James at the grave of
his maternal grandfather, Walter Beck
1877--1939

Richard at the burial site in Sydney of Dorothy,
a mother he never really knew, yet,
could never forget!