BORN BEVERLEY 1893. SON OF MR JAMES & ELIZABETH KAY, OF 10, STABLE YARD, SALTHOUSE LANE, HULL & 17, TIGER LANE, BEVERLEY.
WORKED AS A CONDUCTOR ON HULL CORPORATION TRAMWAYS.
ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, 9516, 1ST NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 31/08/1914. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 20/10/1914, AGED 21. BURIED AT LE TOURET CEMETERY, FRANCE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, JAMES,
HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH WERE REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 16TH NOVEMBER 1914. *
First name:
HERBERT JAMES
Military Number:
9516
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
20/10/1914
Place died:
Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L'Avoue, Pas de calais, France
Age:
21
10, STABLE YARD, SALTHOUSE LANE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried