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