BORN BEVERLEY 1897. HULL POST OFFICE WORKER. SON OF JOSEPH & ADA WATSON.
HE ENLISTED IN LONDON. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 5710, 8TH LONDON REGIMENT. HE WAS REPORTED WOUNDED ON 9TH OCTOBER. HIS DEATH WAS CONFIRMED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 6TH NOVEMBER 1916, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH.*
HIS FATHER WAS AN OLD SOLDIER WHO HAD SERVED IN SOUTH AFRICA WITH THE EAST YORKS, AND RE-ENLISTED. HIS BROTHER SERVED AT SEA.
First name:
HERBERT HENRY
Military Number:
7655
Rank:
Rifleman
Date Died
09/10/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
19
