BORN HULL 1889. SON OF JOHN J. & KATE ELSTON, OF 9, PERTH STREET, HULL (1911), 17 WEST VIEW, SPRING BANK, HULL AND 204 BLENHEIM STREET, HULL. A FORMER BRICKLAYER. HE WORKED AS A STONEMASON FOR THE HULL CORPORATION ENGINEERS DEPARTMENT.
HE RESIDED AT 5 VERONA TERRACE, WATERLOO STREET, HULL.
HE SERVED AS A COLOUR SERGEANT IN THE 1/4TH EYR TERRITORIALS. ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED AS SERGEANT, IN EGYPT AND FRANCE, WITH THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE. KILLED IN ACTION 13/11/1916, AGED 27.
LISTED ON THE HULL CITY ENGINEER DEPTARTMENT WW1 MEMORIAL. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 09/01/1917*.
First name:
JAMES HERBERT
Regiment:
Military Number:
13/91
Rank:
Sergeant
Date Died
13/11/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
27
