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Surname: EIDSON
Forename(s): Herbert
Place of Birth: Barnoldswick, Yorkshire
Service No: 242689
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 2/6th Battalion
Division: 59th (2/North Midland) Division
Age: 33
Date of Death: 1917-11-29
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 9.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Herbert Eidson (born 26 February 1884) was the son of Beatrice Eidson (born Greenhow, Yorkshire, c. 1864), daughter of Benjamin and Maria Eidson.
1891 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: Raike[s] Cottages - Herbert Idson, aged 7 years, born Barnoldswick, grandson of Benjamin and Mariah Idson.
1901 Colne, Lancashire Census: 17, St. John Street - Herbert Eidson, aged 17 years, born Barnoldswick, Yorkshire, son of Beatrice Horner (married). [Beatrice had married John Horner in 1887.]
Herbert was married to Elizabeth Butterworth in 1904.
1911 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: 34, Westgate - Herbert Eidson, aged 27 years, born Barnoldswick, husband of Elizabeth Eidson.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Herbert Eidson, 242689, North Staffordshire Regiment.
A short biography of Herbert is included in: ‘Barnoldswick – A small Town’s part in conflicts 1800 to 2014’ by Peter Ian Thompson (2014).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
EIDSON, Herbert, aged 33 years, [Barnoldswick], North Staffordshire Regt., killed in action Nov. 27, 1917.
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Private Herbert EIDSON
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 59th (2/North Midland) Division
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