Name
Herbert Sadgrove
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
29/07/1916
19
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
4/6915
Bedfordshire Regiment
2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 (Mons) Star, British War and Victory Medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 2C
France
UK & Other Memorials
Holy Trinity Church Memorial, Weston
Pre War
Born in 1897 in Shepreth, Cambs to Herbert and Sarah Sadgrove. Grandson of Mrs Oakley who lived in Maiden Street, Weston. She had brought him up from a child. He worked for Mr Archibald Moodie at Halls Green Farm and was much liked by him and all who knew him. 1901 Census: aged 4, living with grandmother in Weston, Herts. 1911 Census: living with parents at 35 Kenley Road, St Margarets, Twickenham.
Wartime Service
Enlisted in Hitchin. Served in France and Flanders. Killed in action during the first battle of the Somme. He is said to have been buried by a shell and was listed as missing in action. News of his death was sent to his uncle, Fred Oakley, by A Swain, another Weston man serving with him.
Additional Information
War gratuity of £8 was awarded to his father Herbert.
Acknowledgments
Peter Handy, Brenda Palmer
