BORN HULL 1895. FULL NAME:. HERBERT SEPTIMUS EASTWOOD SHORES. SON OF HENRY & SUSANNAH GERTRUDE SHORES & 9 CHILDREN AT 174 AND 187, SOMERSET STREET, HULL. PRIOR TO THE WAR, WORKED AS A BRASS MOULDER AND COAL MERCHANT.
HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS IN 1915. SERVED WITH THE 12TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. HE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN WOUNDED IN THE WAR. HE WAS REPORTED MISSING IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 6TH JANUARY 1916. LATER CONFIRMED AS KILLED IN ACTION, AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 21. HE IS BURIED AT EUSTON ROAD CEMETERY, SOMME, FRANCE.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON THE 14TH JULY 1917.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE MEMORIAL AT ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, NEWINGTON, HULL.
First name:
HERBERT SEPTIMUS EASTWOOD
Military Number:
12/1497
Rank:
Private
Date Died
13/11/1916
Place died:
Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps, Somme, France
Age:
21
