Name
Herbert William Sexton
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
30/10/1915
21
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Company Sergeant Major
935
Royal Engineers
1st/2nd East Anglian Field Company
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
PIETA MILITARY CEMETERY
D.1.1.
Malta
UK & Other Memorials
Knebworth Village Memorial, Knebworth (old)
St. Martin’s Church Memorial, Knebworth (New)
St. Martin’s Church Roll of Honour, Knebworth (New)
St. Martin’s Church Framed Memorial, Knebworth (New)
Pre War
Bert Sexton was the third son of James & Elizabeth Sexton of “Homeleigh”, Gun Lane, Knebworth. He had been a former employee of the Great Northern Railway and a member of the Territorial Army, serving in the East Anglian Royal Engineers before the war.
Wartime Service
He was posted to the Dardenelles in July 1915, arriving their on the 16th August, and had been present at the Sulva Bay landings. He had two brothers who were also in the services, one in Gallipoli and one in Serbia. Bert died from the effects of Enteric Fever which he contracted whilst serving at Gallipoli.
Acknowledgments
Paul Johnson
