BORN SOUTH CAVE, 1895. SON OF GEORGE DONKIN (1856-1930) & MARY ANN RISPIN (1858-1936). SON OF A JOBBING GARDNER. HE WORKED AS A FARM HORSEMAN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY, AS A HORSE DRIVER. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 02/09/1918, AGED 23. HIS BROTHER, HARRY DONKIN, 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT WAS KILLED AT THE SOMME, ON 15/09/1916, AGED 24
First name:
HERBERT
Military Number:
80667
Rank:
Driver
Date Died
02/09/1918
Place died:
Vis-En-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
23
, SOUTH CAVE, HULL, EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
