BORN HULL 1885. SON OF ROBERT JOHN & MARY COLLEY, OF 10 SCULCOATES LANE, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS). WORKED AS A BRICKLAYER. LIVED AT 44 CHAPEL STREET AND 8 RAVENDALE STREET, SCUNTHORPE, LINCS. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. HE ENLISTED IN GRIMSBY ON 01/09/1914. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 11 INCHES TALL, 39 INCH CHEST, GOOD PHYSIQUE, AGED 31 YEARS. HE ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 1/03/1915. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 2163, 1/5TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 13/10/1915, AGED 30. HE WAS UNMARRIED AND HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS MOTHER MARY.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE LOOS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
First name:
HERBERT JOHN
Military Number:
2163
Rank:
Private
Date Died
13/10/1915
Place died:
Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
30
