Name
Herbert Joseph Aldridge
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
54/090164
Army Service Corps
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Biography
Relatively little is known about Herbert Aldridge’s record in the Great War. He was one of three brothers from Abbots Langley that joined up and served throughout the War. Herbert was the youngest of the three brothers, and the Abbots Langley Parish Magazine Roll of Honour first listed him in May 1915, and indicated that he was serving with the Army Service Corps (ASC). He was regularly recorded each month through to the end of the War serving with the ASC.
Herbert Aldridge was one of four sons born to George and Emily Aldridge. The couple also had a daughter. George was a Butcher by trade and in 1911 was living in Adrian Road, Abbots Langley. The family farmed in the Gade Valley, and in June 1918 the Hertfordshire Advertiser reported that George and Emily Aldridge were living at Home Park Farm in Kings Langley. They also owned land near modern-day Francis Coombe School and a substantial Butchery in St Albans.
Herbert’s two older brothers, George and Arthur, both served with the Hertfordshire Yeomanry from the outset of the War. George rose through the ranks and by the Armistice was serving as a Second Lieutenant with the 14th Hussars. Arthur continued with the Yeomanry and served at Gallipoli, in Egypt and Mesopotamia and on the Western Front.
Herbert was recorded in the Absent Voter Records for Langleybury for Autumn 1918 and Spring 1919, serving with the rank of Private with the Army Service Corps. His address was given at Home Park Farm.
All three brothers survived and were also recorded on the Langleybury Roll of Honour.
Acknowledgments
Roger Yapp - www.backtothefront.org
