David Herbert – Wye – Great Eastern Railway – Private – 18/04/1918
Title
David Herbert – Wye – Great Eastern Railway – Private – 18/04/1918
Initials / forenames
David Herbert
Surname
Wye
Railway company
Great Eastern Railway
Military unit
Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 1st Battalion
Military rank
Private
Military number
G/8060
Railway department
King's Lynn
Railway job
Shunter
Date died
18/04/1918
Magazine reference
Great Eastern Railway Magazine: April 1919, p77. Photograph: Great Eastern Railway Magazine: July 1919, p141
Memorial
Haringhe (Bandaghem) Military Cemetery
Notes
Aged 25, Wye joined the GER in November 1913, as a goods porter at Black Bank. Before King's Lyn he was a porter-signalman at Quy. He enlisted in February 1916. He was killed in action.
Information source
St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919; Great Eastern Railway Magazine (Image: Great Eastern Railway Society); Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Date entered
26/09/2016
Last updated
26/09/2016
Citation
“David Herbert – Wye – Great Eastern Railway – Private – 18/04/1918,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 17, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/42069.