Herbert Spencer FEATHER

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Surname: FEATHER

Forename(s): Herbert Spencer

Place of Birth: Gisburn, Yorkshire

Service No: 21987

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)

Battalion / Unit: 32nd (Service) Battalion. (East Ham)

Division: 41st Division

Age: ---

Date of Death: 1916-10-04

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 8 C 9 A and 16 A.

CWGC Cemetery: ---

CWGC Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)

Additional Information:

Herbert Spencer Feather was the son of Edmund and Alice Feather, née Wallbank. Edmund was born at Haworth, Yorkshire and Alice at Trawden, Lancashire.

1901 Blackshaw, Heptonstall, Yorkshire Census: High House - Herbt Spencer Feather, aged 6 years, born Gisburn, Yorkshire, son of Edmund and Alice Feather.

1911 Blackshaw, Heptonstall, Yorkshire Census: Smithy Farm - Herbet [sic] Spencer Feather, aged 16 years, born Gisburn, Yorkshire, son of Edmund and Alice Feather.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Herbert S. Feather, GS/21987, R. Fus.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Herbert Spencer Feather, GS.21987, 32/R. Fus. Theatres of war in which served: 1(a) [France and Belgium] 4.5.16 - 4.10.16. D[eath] P[resumed] 4.10.16.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Herbert Spencer Feather, 21987, 32/Bn Royal Fusls. Date and Place of Death: 4/10.10.16 on or since. Death Presmd. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - Edmund. £8 10s. 4d.

UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: Pte Herbert Spencer Feather, 21987, 32nd Royal Fusiliers. Date and cause of death: 4/10.10.16. Missing. Name(s) on card(s): Dependant: Mr Edmund Feather. [Father's surname given as Foster and Christian name as Edward on other card(s).] Relationship: Father. Address: Smithy Farm, Blackshaw, Hebden Bridge.

Herbert is commemorated on the Blackshaw Head Wesleyan Church and District War Memorial.

Data Source: Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19 Records

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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