BORN HORNSEA 1892. SON OF WILLIAM JOHN & MARY ELIZABETH PARSONS, OF 79 KENT STREET, HULL (THIS ADDRESS IS FROM THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 04/10/1916.) AND 299, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WORKED ON ALEXANDRA DOCK AND FOR SISSON’S PAINT MANUFACTURERS.
HE JOINED THE TERRITORIALS, AGED1 8. ENLISTED IN HULL AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR. SWERVED WITH THE 2ND EYR. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 04/10/1915, AGED 24.
HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH ARE REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 6TH DECEMBER 1915, AND THE HULL TIMES, ON 23RD DECEMBER 1915. *
HE LEFT SISTER EDITH & BROTHER IN LAW PERCY.
First name:
HERBERT
Regiment:
Military Number:
10598
Rank:
Private
Date Died
04/10/1915
Place died:
Chocques Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
24
299, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
