Herbert Howard Dudley
Memorial: Kingswood - Holy Trinity Church
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Gunner 226516
Parents: Joseph and Adelaide Dudley
Marital status: Married
Home address: Springhill, Kingswood, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Bootmaker
Date of birth: 1888
Place of birth: Mangotsfield, Bristol
Date of death: 15/08/1917
Buried/Commemorated at: Died at sea and commemorated at Basra Memorial, Iraq and Kingswood Holy Trinity Memorial
Age: 29
Further information:
Herbert was born in Mangotsfield the son of a bootmaker. He had a younger sister and two older half-sisters and an older half-brother from his mother's previous marriage. Herbert married Rose Smart, a silver polisher, in July 1911 and two months later a son, also named Herbert Howard was born. Herbert junior was aged just 6 years old when his father died.
Herbert was posted to the Middle East and died at sea on board ship, from gastroenteritis. The Basra Memorial where Herbert is remembered, commemorates more than 40,500 members of the Commonwealth forces who died in the operations in Mesopotamia from the Autumn of 1914 to the end of August 1921 and whose graves are not known.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/