James Cecil Baird’s entry in the School Admissions BRegister – 280 – James Cecil Baird – Date of birth, 28th November 1897.   Date of Admission 12th September 1910.   Date of leaving – 2nd November 1912.   Day Pupil.   Father – Ship Carpenter.  Previous school – St. Mark’s C of E Elementery School, Connah’s Quay.   Partial exemption granted from September 1910 granted by School Governors.   Annual amount £4.   Tenable for a ‘year with renewal’.    Occupation taken up after leaving school “Clerk in Ironworks”.

James Cecil is also named on the memorial in St Mark’s Church Connah’s Quay and the Connah’s Quay & Shotton War Memorial, please click on the list to read his story.