Signaller 1st Class
Joseph Bell Herdman
Military Details
Service Number: 113379
Regiment & Unit / Ship
207th Siege Royal Garrison Artilery
Enlisted
3 December 1915
Awards and Medals
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Date of Enlistment
3 December 1915
Place of Enlistment
Mossley
Residence at Enlistment
7 Hawthorne Terrace Carr Hill Road , Mossley, Lancs
Rank at Enlistment
Gunner
Battalion at Enlistment
207th
Service Number at Enlistment
113379
Personal Details
Date of Birth
1886
Place of Birth
Hensingham , Cumberland
Religion
Primitive Methodist
Address
7 Hawthorne Terrace Carr Hill Road , Mossley, Lancs
Residence (Census)
8 Chapel Street , Distington
Residence (Roll of Honour)
7 Hawthorne Terrace Carr Hill Road , Mossley, Lancs
Parents
Joseph & Eleanor Herdman
Siblings
Robert , Thomas
Married
Beatrice E Herdman nee Pearce (married 10 August 1910)
Children
Joseph Bell, John Arnold, Eric Pearce
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Draper
Work Address
Co-op Drapery , Manchester
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
6th November 1918
Age at Death
31
Circumstances of Death
Died of Bronchial Pnuemonia due to active service ( Mustard Gas)
Place of Death
No.2 Stationary Hospital Abbeville
Theater of Action
France
Regiment at Death
Royal Garrison Artilery
Battalion/Vessel at Death
207th Siege
Rank at Death
Signaller 1st Class
Notes
Parents address - 9 Montreal Street Cleator Moor
Buried or Commemorated at
ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
France
Grave Position: V. B. 13.
Private Memorial: St Johns War Memorial
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