Name
William Humphrey
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
28/09/1916
27
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
43349
Bedfordshire Regiment
7th Bn.
“D” Coy.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 2 C.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hertingfordbury Village Memorial,
Church of St Mary and St John Church Roll of Honour, Hertingfordbury,
Hertford Town Memorial,
Birch Green Village Memorial,
Birch Green School Memorial
Pre War
Born in Birch Green, Hertingfordbury in 1890 son of William and Alice Humphrey of 12 Birch Green, Hertingfordbury.
He was a wheelwright.
Wartime Service
Was involved in a successful and crucial attack on the North-West part of Thiepval still in German hands on 26th Sep 1916. They then attacked and successfully gained the well fortified Schwaben Redoubt. William Humphrey was listed as killed in action during this engagement.
Additional Information
William is also commemorated on his parents’ headstone in Hertingfordbury (St. Mary) Churchyard. His part of the inscription reads:
ALSO HIS ONLY SON WILLIAM.
KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE SEPT. 30TH. 1916, AGE 27 YEARS.
“GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN.”
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox
