Private
Hugh Heron
Military Details
Service Number: 27/313
Regiment & Unit / Ship
4th Tyneside Irish 27th (service) Northumberland Fusiliers
Enlisted
21 December 1914
Awards and Medals
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Date of Enlistment
21 December 1914
Place of Enlistment
Cleator Moor
Residence at Enlistment
42 Birks Road , Cleator Moor
Rank at Enlistment
Private
Battalion at Enlistment
4th tyneside irish 27th (service)
Service Number at Enlistment
27/313
Personal Details
Date of Birth
19 March 1877
Place of Birth
Cleator Moor
Religion
R.C.
Address
42 Birks Road , Cleator Moor
Residence (Census)
42 Birks Road , Cleator Moor
Residence (Roll of Honour)
42 Birks Road , Cleator Moor
Parents
Peter and mary
Siblings
Mary,Peter ,Patrick ,Margaret,Ann,Elizabeth ,Thomas,John
Married
Margaret Jane Heron
Children
Mary Margaret, Alexander, Elizabeth Jane
Remarriage of Widow
She emigrated to Australia after the war
Education and Occupation
School
St Patricks
Occupation
Iron Ore Miner
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
1st July 1916
Age at Death
31
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action
Place of Death
Somme
Theater of Action
France
Battle
Battle of the Somme (first day)
Regiment at Death
Northumberland Fusiliers
Battalion/Vessel at Death
4th Tyneside Irish 27th (service)
Rank at Death
Private
Buried or Commemorated at
BECOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT
Grave Position: I. D. 14
Private Memorial: St Marys RC Church Cleator WW1 Memorial
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