James entered the war in France on 11th May 1915. His cause of death as it appears in the death register is pneumonia. He was the son of John and the late Helen Hutchieson Sneddon, of Motherwell, Lanarkshire; and the husband of Jane Lilian Sneddon of Hawarden, New Stevenston, Holytown, Lanarkshire. (Will SC70/8/1135/4) [Information sources: Medal Roll, CWGC and family]