Driver
(Royal) Army Service Corps | T/313589 | 838 HT Coy |
Biography
Born 1876 at Whatstandwell, Herbert married Sarah Emma Moulds in 1898. On enlistment in 1915 he was living at Holloway and working as a quarryman and hosiery washer. He remained in reserve until mobilisation in 1917. He didn’t serve abroad and was demobbed in 1919. Herbert died in 1938, Barton District, Lancashire.
Army Service Record
Herbert attested 27th November 1915 at Matlock aged 38 years 11½
months a married hosiery washer and quarryman into ASC T/313589. Address 3 Chapel Grove, Urmstone, Manchester. Height 5ft 5½. Next of kin , wife Sarah Emma Merchant Nr Yew Tree, Holloway; married 3rd December 1898 at Belper. Children – Violet April 1899 Holloway, Archie Stanley 1900 Sheffield, Olive Vera 1902 Sheffield, Gladys 1906 Sutton in Ashfield, Harold 1912 Nottingham, Dorothy 1913 Belper.
27/11/15 Attested
27/11/15 To Army Reserve
10/04/17 Mobilized
10/04/17 Lancashire Fusiliers posted
10/04/17 ASC Driver
11/04/17 Joined ASC 2 Woolwich
27/04/17
Transferred to 838 Coy ASC HT from No 2 (Depot) Coy ASC Woolwich
Born Whatstandwell, coal miner
Demobbed 04/03/19
1881 Whatstandwell, Crich
Forename | Surname | Relationship | Age | Occupation | Where born |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joseph | Merchant | Head | 53 | Agent | Leicester |
Betsy | Merchant | wife | 49 | Bonsall | |
James | Merchant | son | 21 | Wool sorter | Hartsay |
Samuel | Merchant | son | 14 | Scholar | Pentrich |
Mary | Merchant | daughter | 12 | Scholar | Whatstandwell |
Betsy | Merchant | daughter | 9 | Scholar | Whatstandwell |
Herbert | Merchant | son | 4 | Scholar | Whatstandwell |
Mary | Bond | visitor (widow) | 66 | Bonsall |
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1891 Whatstandwell, Crich
Forename | Surname | Relationship | Age | Occupation | Where born |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joseph | Merchant | Head | 63 | Coal merchant | Leicester |
Betsy | Merchant | wife | 60 | Bonsall | |
Samuel | Merchant | son | 24 | Labourer | Ripley |
Mary | Merchant | daughter | 21 | Hosiery machinist | Whatstandwell |
Betsy | Merchant | daughter | 19 | Hosiery machinist | Whatstandwell |
Herbert | Merchant | son | 14 | machine boy | Whatstandwell |
RG12 piece 2747 folio 13 page 20
1901 93 Neill Road, Ecclesall Bierlow, Sheffield
Forename | Surname | Relationship | Age | Occupation | Where born |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Herbert | Merchant | Head | 24 | Stone quarryman | Whatstandwell |
Emma | Merchant | wife | 24 | Holloway | |
Violet A | Merchant | daughter | 2 | Holloway | |
Arthur S | Merchant | son | 6 mo | Sheffield |
RG13 piece 4352 folio 37 page 16
1911 5 Hardwick St., Sutton-in-Ashfield
Forename | Surname | Relationship | Age | Occupation | Where born |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Herbert | Merchant | Head | 34 | Railway drayman | Whatstandwell |
Sarah Emma | Merchant | wife | 34 | Lea Wood | |
Violet Annie | Merchant | daughter | 12 | School | Holloway |
Arthur Stanley | Merchant | son | 10 | School | Ecclesall Bierlow |
Olive Vera | Merchant | daughter | 8 | School | Ecclesall Bierlow |
Gladys | Merchant | daughter | 4 | Sutton in Ashfield |
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