Basic Details
Surname
Rhodes
Forenames
Herbert
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
War
First World War (1914-1918)
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He was married and worked for a local laundry business before the war in which he was wounded at Vimy Ridge. Given his burial place he probabl;y died in hospital of that wound: he is also commemorated on IWM 2738.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on the Memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on the Memorial
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
British Army
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
The South Staffordshire Regiment
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Private
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Boulogne
Cemetery
Eastern Cemetery
Year of death
1917
Month of death
April
Day of death
19
Age at death
31
Manner of death as stated
Not Stated on the Memorial
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds