BORN FARSLEY, YORKS, 1893. SON OF THOMAS MATTHEWS & SARAH JANE DICKINSON, OF”THE COMMONS”, COTTINGHAM, EAST YORKSHIRE (CWGC ADDRESS). BROTHERS TOM AND JAMES. SISTER ANNIE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER SARAH JANE. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE COTTINGHAM WAR MEMORIAL.
First name:
HERBERT
Regiment:
Military Number:
4477
Rank:
Private
Date Died
21/06/1916
Place died:
Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France
Age:
24
