Name
Herbert James Thrussell
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
09/10/1916
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lance Corporal
11017
London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)
5th (City of London) Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
CARNOY MILITARY CEMETERY
V. 9.
France
Headstone Inscription
No Report
UK & Other Memorials
Cockfoster Village Memorial,
Pre War
Herbert James was born in Cockfosters in 1897 to Ernest Charles Thrussell, a gardener, and Sarah (nee Brown).
On the 1901 Census the Family of Father, Mother, Herbert, Arthur and Alfred were living at 9, The Cottages, Cockfosters. There were further additions to the family of Doris ( 1902), Frederick (1904) and Winifred (1906). Herbert’s Father died in 1910. By the 1911 Census Herbert, aged 14, was a servant and living in at 76 Cadogan Square, the home of Mr Micklem.
Wartime Service
Herbert enlisted with 2/7 Battalion, the Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex) Regiment as Private 3394.
He went to Egypt at Alexandria on 1 Sep 1915 and was stationed in Cairo until Nov 1915 when he returned to Alexandria as part of Western Frontier Force.
His Battalion returned to Marseille on 15 May 1916 and were quarantined due to Typhus. 2/7 Battalion Middlesex were disbanded on 10 Jun 1916 and Herbert was transferred to 1/5 Battalion (City of London), London Rifle Brigade on the Somme and gained 11017 as his regimental number. Herbert died of wounds on 10 Oct while his Battalion was engaged in the Battle of Le Transloy.
Additional Information
War Gratuity of £9 and arrears of £2 6s 5d was paid to his mother.
Acknowledgments
Neil Cooper
