Name
Charles James Herring
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
16/08/1917
34
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
200660
Royal Berkshire Regiment
1st/4th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Panels 105 to 106 and 192.
Belgium
UK & Other Memorials
Watford Borough Roll of Honour
Pre War
Son of Charles and the late Emma Elizabeth (nee CREMER) HERRING.
His parents married 31 August 1880 at All Saints, Knightsbridge, London. Emma died 8 May 1897 in Watford aged 42, and was buried 12 May in Vicarage Road Cemetery, Watford; Charles died 1 April 1929 in the Tavistock, Devon, district aged 76, and was buried at St Dominic, Cornwall.
Charles was born 15 April 1883 in Watford. He attended first Beechen Grove Infants’ School, Watford; then St Andrew’s Boys’ School, Watford, from 27 January 1890; then Callowland Board School, Watford, from 6 January 1896 to 12 July 1899. He resided in St Dominic.
On the 1891 Census, aged 7 he lived in Watford, with his parents and four siblings. On the 1901 Census, a groom aged 17, he lived in the St George Hanover Square, London, area. On the 1911 Census, a chauffeur aged 27, he lived in Old Southgate, Middx.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Reading, Berks; was entitled to the Victory, British War and 1914-15 Star medals, his qualifying date being 30 March 1915, and was killed in action.
Additional Information
Unfortunately, Charles’ Service Record appears to be one that did not survive the World War Two bombing.
His brother George died 22 July 1916 and also features on Watford Borough Roll of Honour.
Acknowledgments
Sue Carter (Research) and Watford Museum (ROH on line via www.ourwatfordhistory.org.uk)
