WATKINS Herbert Frederick

  • First Name(s):
    Herbert 
    Frederick 
  • Surname:
    WATKINS
  • Service Number:
    2374
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Cavalry
  • Corps:
    Imperial Yeomanry
  • Regiment:
    Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars (Worcester Yeomanry)
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    17th May 1916
  • Age At Death:
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Jerusalem Memorial, Israel, Panel 3 and 5.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

WATKINS Herbert Frederick Is Named On These Memorials

Worcester All Saints Church
Worcester Cathedral Worcestershire Hussars
Worcester Guildhall

Further Information About WATKINS Herbert Frederick

Enlisted and resident Worcester.

1911 Census
14 The Butts, Worcester
Eliz. Cara Watkins, head, 53, Boarding House Keeper, born Manchester
Herbert Frederick Watkins, son, age 26, Horse Breaker, born Worcester
+ 1 younger brother and 2 boarders

Entered the theatre of war in Egypt on 24th April 1915. Awarded the 1915 Star, Victory Medal and British War Medal.

Private H.F. Watkins 1st/1st Worcester Yeomanry, embarked at Avonmouth 9th April 1915 for service with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, disembarked at Alexandria, Egypt on 24th April 1915. Died at Damascus on 17th May 1916, Prisoner of War.

Source for additional information: The Yeomanry Cavalry of Worcestershire 1914 – 1922.

A photograph of Trooper H.F. Watkins can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 21st October 1916, available at Worcestershire Archives.

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Credits: 1911 census and medal roll index cards researched and transcribed by Paul Hudson.