Herbert John Fletcher

Memorial: Yate - St Mary's Church Lych Gate

Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment

Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal

Rank and number: Private 201736

Parents: John and Mary Jane Fletcher

Home address: Rose Cottage, North Road, Yate, Bristol

Date of birth: 1897

Place of birth: Rodford, Glos

Date of death: 25/04/1918

Buried/Commemorated at: Loos Memorial (Panel 60 to 64), France

Age: 21

Further information:

Herbert Fletcher was born in Yate to parents John and Mary Jane Fletcher of Rose Cottage, North Road, Yate. Herbert was the brother of George who also died in the Great War in 1919. Their father was working as a coal-miner in 1911.

Herbert Fletcher served with the 2nd/5th Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment. Herbert died in 1918 aged 21 years. Herbert Fletcher is remembered on the Loos Memorial in France.

By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):

Yate and District Heritage Centre, Forces War Records and CWGC