BORN HULL 1883 ON OF JOHN AND ISABELLA GARDINER. SERVED IN THE 17TH LANCERS. EMPLOYED AS A SHIP’S STEWARD. IMPRISONED IN YORK ON 13/07/1905 FOR STEALING A JACKET. ENLISTED IN HULL. EX 4109, HULL PALS. POSTED TO FRANCE WITH 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 14/02/1917, AGED 34. HE IS BURIED ON THE SOMME, AT ASSEVILLERS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY.
UNMARRIED. HIS WILL WAS SHARED BETWEEN IS WIDOWED MOTHER, ISABELLA, SISTER ANNIE E CHAPMAN AND BROTHER THOMAS.
First name:
HERBERT
Regiment:
Military Number:
201365
Rank:
Private
Date Died
14/02/1917
Place died:
Assevillers New British Cemetery, Somme, France
Age:
34
