Name
Herbert John Gutteridge
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
28/08/1917
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Boy 1st Class
J/46227
Royal Navy
H.M.S. Dryad
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
HERTFORD (ST. ANDREW'S) CEMETERY
C. 4. 52.
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hertford Town Memorial, St Andrew’s Church Roll of Honour, Hertford, St Andrew’s Church Memorial, Hertford, St Mary’s Church Bayford & Brickendon Memorial, Bayford, Not on the Stapleford memorials
Pre War
Born on 7 Apr 1900 in Stapleford, Hertfordshire son of William George and Rose Isabel Kathleen (Porter) Gutteridge and was baptised on 20 May 1900 in Watton.
He was living in Woodhall Lodge, Watton in 1901 and in Bayford in 1911 and later in Sele Grange Lodge, North Road, Hertford.
Wartime Service
He was drowned at Lowestoft by accident.
Additional Information
Herbert's headstone in Hertford Corporation Cemetery (not CWGC) bears the inscription:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
HERBERT JOHN GUTTERIDGE 1ST CLASS BOY. R.N
H.M.S. DRYAD DROWNED IN THE EXECUTION OF HIS DUTY
28TH AUGUST 1917. AGED 17 YEARS
ONE GIFT HE HAD. ONE ROYAL GIFT HE GAVE.
A GIFT THAT MEANT FOR HIM THE SUMMER SUN.
