James rests in a familial lair in Bannockburn Cemetery. He died aged twenty-two of complications from influenza including lobar pneumonia and cardiac failure on the 26th of October 1918. He contracted Spanish flu whilst on leave from the war. His grave is cared for the by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
James was born out of wedlock to blacksmith Peter Stevens and general servant Elizabeth Campbell on the 15th of March 1896 at Quakerfield, Bannockburn.
At the 1901 Census, James aged five resided in his maternal grandparents home at 99 Newmarket in Bannockburn. Ten years later James aged fifteen still resided with his grandparents and worked as a bus driver. In July 1914 James was tried at Stirling Sheriff Court for a road-traffic offence for which he was fined.
Very shortly afterwards Britain entered the First World War. James served in the Army Service Corps and rose to the rank of Corporal.
He died at grandparent’s home in Bannockburn. His grandfather James Campbell was present and registered his grandson’s death.
Sources:
Scotlands People
The Commonwealth War Grave Commission
British Newspaper Archive
Ancestry
Broken Columns 