BORN COTTINGHAM 1897. ONLY SON OF GEORGE FIELD (1869-1924) AND KATE SCOTT (1870- 1965), OF NEW VILLAGE ROAD, COTTINGHAM. SON OF A PORK BUTCHER. HE WORKED IN HIS FATHER’S SHOP. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7.5 INCHES TALL, 151 LBS WEIGHT, 36 INCH CHEST, “VERY GOOD” PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. ENLISTED AT COTTINGHAM, ON 28/03/1816. POSTED TO FRANCE ON 07/07/1916. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 5821, NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. SERVED IN THE 1/4TH YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT. DIED OF GAS SHELL WOUNDS, ON 08/09/1916, AGED 19. HE LEFT PARENTS AND SISTER, ELSIE OLIVE FIELD.
BURIED AT THE SOMME, FRANCE. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON COTTINGHAM WAR MEMORIAL.
First name:
HERBERT
Military Number:
6640
Rank:
Private
Date Died
08/09/1916
Place died:
Contay British Cemetery, Contay, Somme, France
Age:
19
KING STREET, COTTINGHAM, EAST RIDING, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
