Maurice and Glenna James in 1976

 

Glenna and Maurice James 

Maurice James moved to the UK in 1959 with wife Glenna (nee Nestor) and their five children - Lesley, Allan, Christine and twins Maureen and Denise (?). Maurice worked as the labour officer of a sugar factory chain in Uttar Pradesh being posted at Gauri Bazar not far from Gorakhpur. Maurice, the son of Thomas  and  Elsie Katherine  (nee Shepherd) James had four siblings all of whom have predeceased him - Freddy, a paratrooper during WWII was in the police at Lahore before he moved to the UK in 1947 (?) or around the time India got independence. The others were Dennis James who settled in Perth, Australia in the 1970's followed by Noreen Vincent. Dorothy James who remained unmarried passed away in Bangalore in the 1980's where she had spent much of her life.

 The picture was taken by John Cline when he met them in 1976 in the UK.