Herbert Francis Derrick
Memorial: Old Sodbury - St John the Baptist Church
Regiment: Royal Berkshire Regiment
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 37597
Parents: Francis and Mary Derrick
Home address: Cross Hands, Old Sodbury, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Shepherd
Date of birth: 1896
Place of birth: Pensford, Somerset
Date of death: 05/03/1917
Buried/Commemorated at: Thiepval Memorial (Pier and Face 11 D.), France
Age: 21
Further information:
Herbert Francis Derrick was born in Pensford, to parents Francis and Mary Derrick and was brother to Adelaide and Arthur. The family lived at the Cross Hands in Old Sodbury. Both Herbert and his father were shepherds
Herbert enlisted in Bristol and served with the 2nd Battalion of the Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) as a private
Herbert Francis Derrick died on the Somme, on the 5th March 1917 at the age of 21 years and is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial (Pier and Face 11 D.) in France
Herbert Derrick is mentioned on both the Old Sodbury, St John's Church memorial and the Chipping Sodbury and District Memorial Cottage Hospital board, now at Yate and District Heritage Centre, under Old Sodbury
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Yate and District Heritage Centre and Forces War Records