Robert Rathmell HERDMAN

Main CPGW Record

Surname: HERDMAN

Forename(s): Robert Rathmell

Place of Birth: Sedbergh, Yorkshire

Service No: 30135

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Durham Light Infantry

Battalion / Unit: 'B' Coy 22nd (Service) Battalion. (3rd County Pioneers)

Division: 8th Division

Age: 21

Date of Death: 1918-03-26

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 68 to 72.

CWGC Cemetery: ---

CWGC Memorial: POZIERES MEMORIAL

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

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

Additional Information:

Robert Rathmell Herdman was the son of Edward Frederick and Margaret Herdman, née Geggie. Edward was born at South Hylton, Co. Durham and Margaret at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland.

1901 Morpeth, Northumberland Census: 35, Olympia Gardens - Robert R. Herdman, aged 4 years, born Sedbergh, Yorkshire, son of Edward F.and Margaret Herdman.

1911 Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham Census: 88, Princes Street - Robert Rathmell Herdman, aged 14 years, born Sedbergh, Yorkshire, son of Edward Frederick and Margaret Herdman.

The British Army Service Record for Robert Rathmell Herdman exists but may be incomplete.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Robert R. Herdman, 30135, D.L.I. Dec'd.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Robert Rathmell Herdman, 30135, 22nd Durh. L. I. Deceased.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Robert R. Herdman, 30135, 22/Durham L. I. Date and Place of Death: 26.3.18. Mil. Hos. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Mother Sole Legatee - Elizabeth. £13 18s. 2d.

UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: Pte Robert Rathmell Herdman, 30135, D.L.I. Date and cause of death: 26.3.18. Died of wounds. Name(s) on card(s): Dependant: Mrs Margaret Herdman. Relationship: Mother. Address: 47, Salisbury Place, Bishops [sic] Auckland, Durham.

British Red Cross & Order Of St John Enquiry List, Wounded & Missing, 1914-1919: Record exists for Robert: Date reported missing or wounded: 26.3.18. Missing or wounded details: W. and M. Mar. 26/18. Enquiry date: 2.8.18.

Information received from the War Office, Central Information Bureau, Berlin, Germany, states that R. R. Herdmann, 30135 died on the 26 March 1918 and had been buried at: 'Morchani. (Dep. Somme) opposite the church at the Cross roads, Morchani-Pertain'. If Robert's grave was found and re-buried after the war it would probably have been at Pargny British Cemetery as an unknown British soldier, or, if his brass shoulder titles existed, as an unknown soldier of the Durham Light Infantry.

Robert is commemorated on the Bishop Auckland War Memorial and in the Book of Remembrance 1914-18.

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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