GWYNN Herbert Harold

  • First Name(s):
    Herbert 
    Harold 
  • Surname:
    GWYNN
  • Service Number:
    17426
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    1st Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    10th July 1916
  • Age At Death:
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Battle of the Somme.
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, France, Pier and Face 5A and 6C.
  • Place of Birth:
    Llanishen, Monmouthshire, resident Birmingham, enlisted Pershore, Worcestershire
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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GWYNN Herbert Harold Is Named On These Memorials

Birlingham St James’s Church
Birlingham War Memorial
Claines School

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Birlingham War Memorial as Harold Gwynn
Birlingham St James’s Church as Harold Gwynn with the information: Private 11th Worcestershire Regt
Claines School as H. Gwyn.

Further Information About GWYNN Herbert Harold

The birth of Herbert Harold Gwynn is registered in the March Quarter 1894 under the Monmouth Registration District.

An entry into Claines School log book dated 12th March 1907 reads:
Harold Gwyn unable to come to school – been bitten by a dog

1911 census entry: son of William and Annie Gwynn, Moat House Farm, Astwood, North Claines.

Herbert Gwynn has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Thiepval Memorial.

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Credits: Researched by Brian Hill.  Claines School log book researched and transcribed by Sandra Taylor.  Casualty link to Claines School identified by Andy Frisby with 1911 census entry.