BORN HULL 1894. SON OF HENRY DEMPSEY (1855-1905) & ELIZABETH BAXTER (1860-1958), OF 23 WORSHIP STREET, HULL AND 124 CUMBERLAND STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS, AND THREE SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A LABOURER, LIVING AT COOPER STREET, WINCOLMLEE, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 25/01/1915. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 5.5 INCHES TALL, 36 INCH CHEST, 136 LBS WEIGHT AND GOOD PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRANCE WITH THE 10TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. SHOT IN THE HEAD. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 13/08/1916, AGED 22, AT NO 7 CASUALTY CLEARING STATION. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 1 YEAR AND 252 DAYS. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, ELIZABETH.
HE IS BURIED AT MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, FRANCE.
First name:
HERBERT
Military Number:
10/1123
Rank:
Private
Date Died
13/08/1916
Place died:
Merville Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France
Age:
22
124 , CUMBERLAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
