South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project
The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One |
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Military History |
| Theatre of War | Medals | Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial |
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| France and Flanders | British War & Victory Medals | Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
| Arrived in Theatre | Medal Citation (if app) | SWFHS Area Memorials |
| After 1 Jan 1916 | ~ | Warwick (Eleanor Cross) War Memorial |
| Warwick St. Paul | ||
| Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed | Date and Place Enlisted | |
| Battle of the Somme | After 23 Oct 1915 in Kensington | |
| Place of Death | Previous Regiments or Units | Other War Memorials |
| St. Eloi | ~ | |
Circumstances of Death
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Herbert is listed as being killed in action on 22 Oct 1916. The 1st/6th Battalion war diary reveals that the Battalion were in the lines at The Bluff nr St. Eloi in preparation for an attack on enemy lines when at 6am two, or possibly three, German mines/tunnels were exploded under the British lines causing trenches to collapse and many men to be buried, the Germans attacked but the attacks were repelled and no ground was lost. |
| Personal & Family History |
| Birth Date/Place | Baptism Date/Place |
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| 26 Mar 1887 in Belgaum, India | 7 Apr 1887 at Belgaum St. Mary, India |
| Parents Names | Abode |
| Sidney Harold and Elizabeth Perkins | |
| Wife | Marriage Details |
| Alice Perkins nee Chapple | Jan/Mar Qtr 1914 in Warwick (6d 1016) |
| Schools | Colleges |
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| Address History | Employment History |
| 1887 - Belgaum, India | 1901 - Clothes Shop boy |
| 1891 - 3 Queen’s Square, Warwick | 1911 - Domestic Gardener |
| 1901 - 3 Queen’s Square, Warwick | |
| 1911 - 3 Queens Square, Warwick | |
| 1915 - 4 Mattheson Road, West Kensington | |
- Herbert's father was a Sergeant in the Army in 1887 when Herbert was born
- Herbert's father was born in Welford on Avon and his mother in Tysoe
- Warwick War Memorial Project Biography
