Agnew was born on 24th January 1922 of Portglenone to Robert Agnew, Farmer and Florence Agnew nee Henry. They had married on 21st August 1918 at Orritor Presbyterian Church, Cookstown.
Agnew joined Northern Bank on 15th April 1941 in Head Office. His first transfer was to Ballycastle as Junior in 1942.
Northern Bank, Ballycastle branch
On 18th July 1942, Agnew resigned from the Bank when he was ‘Called up for Active Service’ to the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm. The 1946 to 1956 annual Navy List records Agnew as a Temporary Lieutenant or Lieutenant.
Following demobilisation, Agnew resumed duty in the Bank on 20th May 1946 in Head Office.
The Belfast News-Letter of 12th May 1947 reports that J S Agnew won a 2nd place prize in an Institute of Bankers in Ireland examination. Further reports of examinations success continued into 1950.
Transfers followed to Londonderry (1949), Head Office (1949) and Coleraine (1951).
Northern Bank, Londonderry branch
Northern Bank, Coleraine branch
1951 newspaper advertising showed Agnew as organising the Route Hunt Ball at the Northern Counties Hotel, Portrush.
Agnew resigned on 17th May 1952.
He may have had a career in the Royal Navy. A James Agnew sailed on the Queen Mary to New York departing on 16th September 1953 giving his address as Royal Naval Air Station, Culdrose Helston, Cornwall and c/o Bank of NSW, London.
Queen Mary - Passenger Manifest
A James Silas Agnew born 14th January 1922 died at Cambridge in February 2004 aged 82.
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