BORN HULL 1889. SON OF JAMES ROBERT HUTCHINSON (1849-1901) & ELIZA (ROUTLEDGE), OF THIS ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. A REGULAR SOLDIER, SERVING WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT WHEN WAR BEGAN. HE TRANSFERRED TO THE 2ND BATTALION, AND WAS KILLED AT YPRES, ON 18/02/1915, AGED 26. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE MENIN GATE MEMORIAL. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, ELIZA, AND SHARED BETWEEN HIS SIBLINGS, HARRIET, ROBERT, GERTRUDE, CHARLES AND FRANCES.
First name:
HERBERT HENRY
Regiment:
Military Number:
8937
Rank:
Private
Date Died
18/02/1915
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
26
13 STEPHENS TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
