BORN HULL 1886. ELDEST SON OF CHARLES FREDERICK ROSINDALE (1860-1938) & SARAH JANE ROSINDALE (1861-1922), OF 29 BERESFORD AVENUE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. EMPLOYED AS A MERCHANT’S CLERK. HE ENLISTED IN THE 5TH EAST YORKSHIRE CYCLISTS. MARRIED IN HULL ON 20/11/1915. HIS WIFE LELLA JEANIE MOUNSEY (1893-1966), LIVED AT 26 MORPETH STREET, HULL. HE SERVED AS SECOND LIEUTENANT, IN THE 1ST/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 11/09/1917. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 11/10/1918, AGED 32. HE LEFT £240, IN HIS WILL TO HIS WIDOW, JEANNIE.
HERBERT’S DEATH WAS REPORTED IN HDM 22/10/18. HE IS BURIED AT WELLINGTON CEMETERY, RIEUX-EN-CAMBRESIS. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “THY WILL BE DONE.”
I am grateful to Glenn Rosindale Smith, who sent the following information on 17/01/2015:
Herbert Rosindale was my maternal great uncle. He was serving in the 1/4th Battalion Duke of Wellingtons (West Riding) Regiment when he was killed by machine gun fire from a German Tank south of Avesnes=le-Sec. This information can be found in “The History of The 1/4th Battalion Duke of Wellingtons (West Riding) Regiment” Capt. P.G.Bales, published 1920, re-printed by Naval & Military Press.
His younger brother Frederick served in the RAOC and survived the war, as did a second brother Charles who was a ship’s engineer in the Merchant Navy.
I have been looking for photos of Herbert as the family has none. If you know of the location of any, the information would be appreciated. Glenn Rosindale Smith [Hammer.tongs@bigpond.com] Thank You also to Glenn for supplying the photographs, sent on 08/04/2019.
