Name
Samuel Endersby
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
18/06/1915
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
7756
Lincolnshire Regiment
2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ROYAL IRISH RIFLES GRAVEYARD, LAVENTIE
VI. A. 17.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hitchin War Memorial, Holy Saviour Church War Memorial, Radcliffe Rd., Hitchin, St Mary's Church Roll of Honour, Hitchin
Pre War
He was born in Wrestlingworth in Bedfordshire and resided in Hitchin. He enlisted in Loughton.
Wartime Service
Samuel was given Regimental Number 7756 in the 2nd Battalion which was part of the 25th Brigade in the 8th Division of IV Corps in the 1st Army. He was killed in action in France. This was not long after the Battle of Aubers in the Fromelles area.
He is buried in Plot 6, Row A, Grave 17 in the Royal Irish Rifles Cemetery in France. This cemetery is in Laventie about three miles south west of Armentieres.
Additional Information
Brother of Mr. E. H. Endersby, of 77, Victoria Rd., Bletchley, Bucks.
Acknowledgments
Adrian Dunne, David C Baines, Jonty Wild
