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Surname: HEALEY
Forename(s): Herbert
Place of Birth: Broughton, Yorkshire
Service No: 58681
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Battalion / Unit: 228th Coy
Division: 39th Division
Age: 22
Date of Death: 1917-07-24
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: III. I. 29.
CWGC Cemetery: ESSEX FARM CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: EARBY, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Herbert Healey was the son of John Robert and Sarah Healey, née Shaw. John was born at Helpston, Northamptonshire and Sarah at Colne, Lancashire.
1901 Earby, Yorkshire Census: 12, Mill Brow - Herbert Healey, aged 5 years, born Broughton, Yorkshire, son of John and Sarah Healey.
1911 Earby, Yorkshire Census: 12, Mill Brow - Herbert Healey, aged 15 years, born Broughton, Yorkshire, son of John and Sarah Healey.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Herbert Healey, 58681, M.G.C.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Herbert Healey, 58681, M.G.C. Deid [sic] of Wounds 24.7.17.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Herbert Healey, 58681, 228th Co. M.G.C. Date and Place of Death: 24.7.17. Wounds. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Mother Sole Legatee - Sarah £5 19s. 6d.
See also:
‘Earby in the First World War’ by Stephanie Carter, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2014).
‘Our Finest Crop’ by Steven Marshall, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2020).
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:
HEALEY, Herbert, aged 21, M.G.C., 12, Mill Brow, [Earby], died of wounds and gas poisoning July 24, 1917.
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Private Herbert HEALEY
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 39th Division
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Essex Farm Cemetery
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Essex Farm Cemetery
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Courtesy of Aurel Sercu, Boezinge, Belgium
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17 August 1917
HEALEY – July 24th 1917, died of wounds and gas poisoning sustained in action on the Western Front, Gunner Herbert Healey, Machine Gun Corps, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Healey, 12, Mill Brow, Earby, aged 21 years.
17 August 1917
EARBY – ONLY TEN DAYS IN FRANCE
Gunner Herbert Healey, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Healey, 12, Mill Brow, Earby, is officially reported to have died of wounds and gas poisoning on the 24th July, at a place not stated.
He was 21 years of age. He enlisted in the Northumberland Fusiliers, but was transferred to the Machine Gun Corps and had been in training in this country 16 months before going to France on the 14th July. Before joining up he was employed by Messrs. R. Nutter and Co., Grove Shed. Two of his brothers are serving in France and another has just obtained his discharge with the rank of Corporal, having been wounded.
24 August 1917
EARBY – THE LATE PRIVATE H. HEALEY
Last week we chronicled the death of Pte. Herbert Healey, Machine Gun Corps, who was killed by a gas shell after only ten days at the Front, aged 21 years. The parents (Mr. and Mrs. John Healey, 12, Mill Brow, Earby) have since received the following letter from an officer in reference to the sad occurrence:– “It is with deepest regret I have to inform you of your son’s death. A gas shell exploded at the door of his gun team’s dugout, and every man in it suffered from gas poisoning. Your son, as we thought, suffered only from a very slight attack, but information came through later that he had died in hospital. I cannot tell you how very sorry I was to hear this, as Pte. Healey was a man very much liked in the section, and his death came as a great blow to us. The section has asked me to convey to you their deepest sympathy in this your great loss. I am, yours truly, JOHN TULE.”
29 July 1921
HEALEY – In ever loving memory of Pte. Herbert Healey, died of wounds on the Western Front, July 24th, 1917.
Sad thoughts they linger round our hearts,
Wile tears they often flow;
And to the sad and silent grave,
Our thoughts they often go.
At rest.
From all the family, 4 Spen Lane, Earby.
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17 August 1917
EARBY CASUALTIES
Only Ten Days in France
Gunner Herbert Healey, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Healey, 12, Mill Brow, Earby, is officially reported to have died of wounds and gas poisoning on the 24th July at a place not stated. He was 21 years of age. He enlisted in the Northumberland Fusiliers, but was transferred to the Machine Gun Corps, and had been in training in this country 16 months before going to France on the 14th July. Before joining up he was emp1oyed by Messrs. R. Nutter and Co., Grove Shed. Two of his brothers are serving in France, and another has just obtained his discharge with the rank of corporal, having been wounded.
24 August 1917
HEALEY – Killed in action, Pte Herbert Healey, of the Machine Gun Corps, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Healey, of 12, Mill Brow, Earby, aged 21.
24 August 1917
EARBY
THE LATE PTE. H. HEALEY
Last week we chronicled the death of Pte. Herbert Healey, Machine Gun Corps, who was killed by a gas shell after only ten days at the front, aged 21 years. The parents (Mr. and Mrs. John Hea1ey, 12, Mill Brow, Earby), have since received the following letter from an officer in reference to the sad occurrence:– “It is with deepest regret I have to inform you of your son’s death. A gas shell exploded at the door of his gun team’s dugout, and every man in it suffered from gas poisoning. Your son, as we thought, suffered only from a very slight attack, but information came through later that he had died in hospital. I cannot tell you how very sorry I was to hear this, as Pte. Healey was a man very much liked in the section, and his death came as a great blow to us. The section have asked me to convey to you their deepest sympathy in this your great loss. – I am yours truly. John Tule."
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