BORN BEVERLEY 1898. ENLISTED HULL. EX 21260 EYR. SON OF JOHN SQUIRES (1848-1912) & ANN DAY (1853-1919) OF EAST GATE, BEVERLEY. SON OF A TANNER’S LABOURER.
HE SERVED WITH THE MACHINE GUN CORPS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 18/02/1917, AGED 19.
HIS ELDER BROTHER, WILLIAM ARTHUR SQUIRES, WHO LEIVED AT WORTHING STREET, HULL, SERVED WITH THE ROYAL ENGINEERS. AWARDED THE SILVER WAR BADGE. HE DIED AT HULL, ON 03/05/1925, AGED 34.
First name:
HERBERT SAMUEL
Military Number:
14167
Rank:
Private
Date Died
18/02/1917
Place died:
Grandcourt War Cemetery, Somme, France
Age:
19
