BORN HULL 1891. SON OF JOHN THOMAS & MARY (KING) WHEELER, OF 4 KATES TERRACE, ROSAMOND STREET, IN (1911 CENSUS) AND 6 WEST PARADE, WOODCOCK STREET, HULL. (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER,
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. POSTED TO GALLIPOLI WITH THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, ON 04/12/1915. DIED OF SELF-INFLICTED WOUNDS, ON 14/12/1916, AGED 25. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, MARY.
HE IS BURIED AT ENGLEBELMER COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SOMME, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE READS, “AT REST”
First name:
HERBERT ALFRED
Regiment:
Military Number:
10630
Rank:
Private
Date Died
14/12/1916
Place died:
ENGLEBELMER COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SOMME, FRANCE
Age:
25
6 WEST PARADE, WOODCOCK STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
