BORN HORNSEA 1889. SON OF MICHAEL KEITH (1857-1915) AND SARAH ANN GIBBS (1865-1938). A FORMER FARM LABOURER, WORKING IN SKIRLAUGH AND HULL. HE ALSO WORKED FOR THE HULL & BARNSLEY RAILWAY . HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 08/12/1915, AGED 25 YEARS AND 10 MONTHS. ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON 12/12/1916. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 09/04/1917, AGED 28. BURIED AT COJEUL BRITISH CEMETERY, ST. MARTIN-SUR-COJEUL. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, SARAH ANN.
HIS OLDER BROTHER, PRIVATE, ARTHUR KEITH, 7TH EYR, WAS KILLED ON 12/10/1917 SIX MONTHS LATER, AGED 31. HIS OTHER BROTHER, WALTER, SERVED IN NORTH RUSSIA. HE LEFT SISTERS, ELSIE AND MABLE KEITH, AT 79 ARUNDEL STREET, HULL.
KEITH HERBERT IS LISTED ON THE BRANDESBURTON WW1 MEMORIAL WITH SEVEN MEN, WHO DIED FROM THIS VILLAGE OUTSIDE HULL.
