Herbert George Holpin

Memorial: Falfield - St George's Church

Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment

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

Rank and number: Private 16489

Parents: Charles and Sarah Holpin

Home address: Brinkmarsh Farm, Falfield, Glos

Date of birth: 12/02/1894

Place of birth: Thornbury, Bristol

Date of death: 17/07/1917

Buried/Commemorated at: Buried in the Roclincourt Military Cemetery. Plot I.D.6., Pas de Calais, France

Age: 23

Further information:

Herbert served with the 12th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment and was Killed in Action on 17/07/1917.

Herbert George Holpin was baptised on 28th May 1894 in Thornbury. In the 1901 census Herbert living with his parents and his sisters Mary, Florence and brother John in Milbury Heath, Falfield. His fathers profession was recorded as a Farm Bailiff.

In the 1911 census all the family had moved to Brinkmarsh, Falfield his fathers occupation was now that of a Farmer.

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

Forces War Records and Falfield Village website