BORN BEVERLEY 19/12/1892. ONLY SON OF HERBERT WALTERS AND MARTHA ELIZABETH BIRD, OF 9, QUEENS GATE ROAD, BEVERLEY (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A TANNER’S LABOURER.
ENLISTED BEVERLEY. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 18/04/1915. SERVED IN THE 1/5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 02/03/1916, AGED 23. BURIED AT MAPLE COPSE CEMETERY, BELGIUM. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “THIER GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT”
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE BEVERLEY WAR MEMORIAL, MEMORIAL GARDENS.
First name:
HERBERT
Military Number:
1938
Rank:
Private
Date Died
02/03/1916
Place died:
Maple Copse Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
23
9, QUEENS GATE ROAD, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
