DODD Herbert William

  • First Name(s):
    Herbert 
    William 
  • Surname:
    DODD
  • Service Number:
    6632
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    2nd Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    20th September 1914
  • Age At Death:
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial, France.
  • Place of Birth:
    Pensnett, Staffordshire, enlisted Kingswinford, Staffordshire
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Samuel Dodd, of Water Street, Kingswinford, Staffordshire

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DODD Herbert William Is Named On These Memorials

Severn Stoke St Denys Church WW1 Memorial
Severn Stoke War Memorial

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Severn Stoke St Denys Church WW1 Memorial with the additional information: Pte
Severn Stoke War Memorial under The Following Gave Their Lives

Further Information About DODD Herbert William

Herbert Dodd was a Reservist recalled to the Colours in August 1914, and first entered a theatre of war in France on 12th August 1914.  He was killed during the Battle of the Aisne.  He was awarded a 1914 Star with an Aug- Nov Clasp, a British War Medal and a Victory Medal.

The losses of the Battalion on September 20th were one officer killed, one mortally wounded, 3 officers wounded. Other ranks 6 killed, 5 wounded, 16 missing.

Mentioned in “Upton News” dated 28th November 1914.  “News has been received at Severn Bank, Severn Stoke, where he was formerly employed as a footman, of the death of H. Dodd, a Reservist of the Worcestershire Regiment who at the outbreak of the war went out with the British Expeditionary Force. Some little time back it was reported that deceased had been missing for six weeks, but now the War Office intimates his death.  He was believed to have been killed in the retirement from Mons.”

Herbert Dodd has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on the La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial.

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