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Surname: PARK

Forename(s): Herbert

Place of Birth: Sedbergh, Yorkshire

Service No: 204269

Rank: A/Corporal

Regiment / Corps / Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

Battalion / Unit: 1/8th Battalion

Division: 52nd (Lowland) Division

Age: 24

Date of Death: 1917-01-01

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: ---

CWGC Cemetery: ---

CWGC Memorial: MIKRA MEMORIAL

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: SEDBERGH, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

Herbert Park was the son of Robert and Jane Park, née Armitstead. Robert was born at Killington and Jane at Barrows Green, near Stainton, Westmorland.

1901 Sedbergh, Yorkshire Census: Folly Court - Herbert Park, aged 8 years, born Sedbergh, son of Robert and Jane Park.

1911 Sedbergh, Yorkshire Census: The Folly - Herbert Park, aged 18 years, born Sedbergh, son of Robert and Jane Park.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Herbert Park, 204269, Sco. Rif.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: L/Cpl Herbert Park, 204269, 5th Scottish Rifles. Believed drowned, 1.1.17.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Herbert Park, 3233 & 204269, 1/8 Bn Scot. Rfls. Date and Place of Death: 1.1.17. Drowned "Ivernia". To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - Robert. £5 8s. 11d. Mother - Jane. £4 0s. 0d.

Herbert lost his life when HT "Ivernia" was torpedoed and sunk on 1 January 1917, 93 kilometres from Cape Matapan, carrying reinforcements for Egypt. Herbert was a reinforcement to the 1/8th Bn Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 52nd (Lowland) Division.

Herbert is commemorated in the Rolls of Honour at the Scottish National War Memorial, Edinburgh.

A short biography of Herbert is included in: ‘Sedbergh and District 1914-1918 – But who shall return the children?’ Compiled by Sedbergh and District History Society. Edited by Diane Elphick (2016).

Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry

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A/Corporal Herbert PARK

A/Corporal Herbert PARK

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 52nd (Lowland) Division

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 52nd (Lowland) Division

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Surname: PARK

Forename(s): Herbert

Born: Sedbergh, Yorks

Residence:

Enlisted: Kendal

Number: 204269

Rank: A/Cpl

Regiment: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

Battalion: 5th Battalion

Decorations:

Died Date: 01/01/17

Died How:

Theatre of War: France & Flanders

Notes: Formerly 25229, H.L.I.

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Surname: PARK

Forename(s): Herbert

Country of Service: United Kingdom

Service Number: 204269

Rank: Corporal

Regiment: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

Unit: 5th Bn.

Age: 24

Awards:

Died Date: 01/01/1917

Additional Information: Son of Robert and Jane Park, of The Folly, Sedbergh, Yorks.

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'The Kendal Mercury’ (19 January 1917)

(Kindly supplied by Sedbergh & District History Society)

SEDBERGH – LCE.-CORPL. H. PARK

News has been received that Lce.-Corpl. H. Park, of Sedbergh, was drowned. He was on the transport Ivernia.

‘The Westmorland Gazette’ (20 January 1917)

(Kindly supplied by Sedbergh & District History Society)

SEDBERGH – DROWNED ON THE IVERNIA

PARK, Lance-Corpl. Herbert. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Park, of Sedbergh, have received word from the War Office that their son, Lance-Corpl. Herbert Park, of the Scottish Rifles, and formerly of the Highland Light Infantry, is missing, believed drowned. He was on the Ivernia en route for Egypt when that vessel was torpedoed in the Mediterranean. He was 24 years of age. The unfortunate soldier was well known in the Sedbergh district as a member of the bowling club, and also of the Sedbergh Wanderers’ Association Football Cub.

‘The Westmorland Gazette’ (3 February 1917)

(Kindly supplied by Sedbergh & District History Society)

SEDBERGH – CONSERVATIVE CLUB

The annual meeting was held on Wednesday night, Mr. C.W. Gooch in the chair. – The financial statement showed that the past year started with a credit balance of £9 14s. 4d., and this had increased to £33 9s. 11d. In his report of the year’s working, Mr. G. Hall, the hon. secretary, referred to the loss of five members – Corpl. J.C. Leighton, Pte. J.C. Bateman, and Pte. H. Clemmet, killed in action; F,C. Bushby, died in hospital, and Pte. Herbert Park, drowned in the Mediterranean. He hoped the club would raise a permanent memorial to these men. He also read a letter from Mr. Walter Morrison, accompanying his annual subscription, and urging the members to keep the club going …

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Bible presented to the family of Cpl. Herbert Park by the people of Sedbergh

Bible presented to the family of Cpl. Herbert Park by the people of Sedbergh

Courtesy of Sedbergh & District History Society

Bible presented to the family of Cpl. Herbert Park by the people of Sedbergh

Bible presented to the family of Cpl. Herbert Park by the people of Sedbergh

Courtesy of Sedbergh & District History Society

Lock of hair contained in the Bible presented to the family of A/Cpl. Herbert Park by the people of Sedbergh

Lock of hair contained in the Bible presented to the family of A/Cpl. Herbert Park by the people of Sedbergh

Courtesy of Sedbergh & District History Society

Jane Park

Jane Park

Jane Park, née Armitstead, the mother of A/Corporal Herbert Park

Courtesy of the Armitstead Family

The Sedbergh men who gave their lives

The Sedbergh men who gave their lives

Right hand panel - Top row (l-r): Private Richard Winn, Private John Burton. Second row (l-r): Private John Nelson, Gunner Robert Matthew Fothergill. Third row (l-r): Private Robert Edward Seddon, A/Corporal Herbert Park. Fourth row (l-r): Gunner John Cyril Hindson, Private Charles James Sisson

Three-panel oil-painting, courtesy of the artist, David Hartnup

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24 December 1915

SEDBERGH – Lord Derby’s Scheme

The work at Sedbergh in connection with Lord Derby’s scheme of recruiting came to an end on Friday of last week. One hundred and thirty-eight men offered themselves for attestation; 39 of these were rejected as being physically unfit, 99 were accepted, of whom 65 were single, and 34 married. The number of men who have actually joined is 23, all single men. The names of those are C.G. Hall, Edwin Wadeson, Ernest Slater, J. Edgar Bateman, Arthur Edmondson, J. Victor Robinson, J.M. Dawson, Major Edward Reade, Henry Booth, Thos. Carradice, Rd. Greenwood, J.H. Ashburn, J.W. Hall, Michael Winn, Harry Bainbridge, George Bainbridge, Fred Parker, Herbert Park, T. Hunter Dover, Edward Storey, Thomas Dakres, Fred Fothergill.

19 January 1917

SEDBERGH – DROWNED AT SEA

News has been received that Lance Corporal H. Park of Sedbergh has been drowned. He was on the transport ‘Ivernia’.

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24 December 1915

SEDBERGH – Lord Derby’s Scheme

The work at Sedbergh in connection with Lord Derby’s scheme of recruiting came to an end on Friday of last week. One hundred and thirty-eight men offered themselves for attestation; 39 of these were rejected as being physically unfit, 99 were accepted, of whom 65 were single, and 34 married. The number of men who have actually joined is 23, all single men. The names of those are C.G. Hall, Edwin Wadeson, Ernest Slater, J. Edgar Bateman, Arthur Edmondson, J. Victor Robinson, J.M. Dawson, Major Edward Reade, Henry Booth, Thos. Carradice, Rd. Greenwood, J.H. Ashburn, J.W. Hall, Michael Winn, Harry Bainbridge, George Bainbridge, Fred Parker, Herbert Park, T. Hunter Dover, Edward Storey, Thomas Dakres, Fred Fothergill.

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