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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, N. Staff. R.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Herbert Eidson, 242689, 2/6 N. Staff. R.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Herbert Edison [sic], 242689, 2/6 Bn N. Staffs. Date and Place of Death: 29.11.17 in action France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow - Elizabeth. £5 6s. 3d. Self and children. War Gratuity: Widow - Elizabeth. £3 10s. 0d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Herbert. Name(s) on card(s): Widow: Elizabeth, born 19.10.84. Address 1. 34, West Gate, Barnoldswick, Yorks. Address 2. 50, Esp Lane, Barnoldswick, Yorks. Children: Edwin, born 12.10.11. Evelyn, born 22.10.12. Albert[a], born 28.1.14. Thora, born 6.9.15. Herbert, born 9.4.17.
In 1921 Elizabeth and her children were living at 34, Westgate, Barnoldswick. In 1939 Elizabeth and her youngest son, Herbert, were living at 7, Cornmill Terrace, Barnoldswick. Elizabeth died in 1962.
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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21 December 1917
EIDSON – Killed in action on the Western Front November 27th 1917, Private Herbert Eidson, North Staffs. Regiment, formerly of 34, Westgate, Barnoldswick, aged 33 years.
21 December 1917
BARNOLDSWICK – LEFT FIVE LITTLE CHILDREN
The death has been officially intimated of Private Herbert Eidson, North Staffs. Regiment, who was killed in action on the 27th ult., aged 33 years. He leaves a wife and five children (ranging in ages from six years to eight months), living at 34, Westgate, Barnoldswick. Before joining the Army he was a weaver employed by Messrs. Albert Hartley and Co., Long Ing Shed, and a well-known local fancier and exhibitor of rabbits, poultry, &c. He went out to France in February last.
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21 December 1917
EIDSON – Killed in action, Nov. 27th, Pte. Herbert Eidson, of the North Staffs. Regiment, of Barnoldswick, aged 33.
21 December 1917
BARNOLDSWICK
LEFT FIVE LITTLE CHILDREN
The death has been officially intimated of Pte. Herbert Eidson, North Staffordshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the 27th ult., aged 33 years. He leaves a wife and five children (ranging in age from six years to eight months) living at 34, Westgate, Barnoldswick. Before joining the army he was a weaver employed by Messrs. Albert Hartley and Co. Long Ing Shed, and a well-known local fancier and exhibitor of rabbits, poultry, etc. He went out to France in February last.
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