Second Lieutenant
Royal Air Force | 137770 |
Photo courtesy Wendy Holtam
Biography
James was born in 1899 at Whatstandwell where his parents, Herbert and Elizabeth, were publicans at the Derwent Hotel. He joined the RAF in May 1918 as a cadet, passed as a pilot and was based at an armament school at Ealing. He left the service in January 1919 as a second lieutenant.
Married to Laura Grafton in 1924, he ran the Derwent Hotel until 1931; then the Lion Hotel, Belper, before running hotels at Staines and Finchley.
He was a supporter of the Whatstandwell Football Club.
His sister Florence May Mountney married William Alfred Barton, who is also on the Roll of Honour.
The Mountney family were well-known in the parish as publicans of the Derwent Hotel beside Whatstandwell Bridge.
RAF Service Record
137770 , Janes Oscroft Mountney
Born : 17 May 1899, Crich
Religion: C of E
Date of engagement: 1 May 1918; aged 18y 11m
Occupation: Engineer
Next of Kin: Herbert Mountney, Crown Holes, Matlock, father
Personal details:
ht 5 feet 10½ in; black hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion
1/5/18 Cadet Distribution Depot
2/5/18 Fit as a pilot
5/5/18 to 20 CW
communications wing
13/7/18 to 6 School of Administration
29/9/18 Arm Sch
20/11/18 Arm Sch Ealing
20/1/19
Demobilized
1901: Derwent Hotel, Whatstandwell
Forename | Surname | Relationship | Age | Information | Where born |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Herbert | Mountney | Head | 35 | Farmer & publican | Cromford |
Elizabeth A | Mountney | wife | 29 | Sutton in Ashfield | |
Doris M | Mountney | daughter | 6 | Whatstandwell | |
Florence M | Mountney | daughter | 5 | Whatstandwell | |
James | Mountney | son | 1 | Whatstandwell |
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1911: Derwent Hotel, Whatstandwell
Forename | Surname | Relationship | Age | Information | Where born |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Herbert | Mountney | Head | 45 | Inn keeper & farmer | Cromford |
Elizabeth A | Mountney | wife | 40 | Sutton in Ashfield | |
J. | Mountney | son | 11 | Whatstandwell | |
Olive | Mountney | daughter | 9 | Whatstandwell |
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1939 Register: High Street, Staines
James O Mountney b. 17 May 1899; hotel manager
Laura Mountney b.2 May 1898; hotel manageress