From Commonwealth War Graves Commission website:
Private James Frederick Patient { 3/3472 } 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment who died on 24 May 1915. Age 33.
Remembered on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
From 1911 and 1901 Census:
A married man aged 29 in 1911, with a wife aged 27 and three young daughters: Florence (6), Blanch (3) and Edith (1). He was employed as a horse-keeper on a farm, and his address is given as Duton Hill, Tilty, nr. Dunmow.
From the 1901 census, it also appears that James Frederick was the son of Thomas and Charlotte Patient.
Other:
Information from the Western Front Association (Essex Branch) and Medal Index Card.
Private J F Patient entered France on 1st May 1915, and was killed in action on the 24th of that month – just 23 days later.
He was entitled to the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
Click here for the CWG Certificate for James Patient
 1914-15 Star |  British War Medal (BWM) 1914-20 |  Victory Medal (VM) |
