Name
Paul Frederick Hebert
1893
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
09/05/1915
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Rifleman
Z/2551
Rifle Brigade
2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL
Panel 10.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
N/A
UK & Other Memorials
St John the Evangelist Church Memorial, Boxmoor
Pre War
Paul (Pablo) Frederick Hebert was born in 1893 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the son and eldest child of Henry and Charlotte Hebert and one of seven children.
On the 1901 Census the family were living in Park Lane, Boxmoor, Hemel Hempstead, where his father was working as a Secretary with the Von Bergs Company,
Paul joined the Royal Navy in January 1910, aged 12 as a 'Boy' 2nd class, but only served from 1 September 1908 to 20 October 1908 and was discharged as being unsuitable for the Royal Navy and lacking 'spirit'.
The family remained in Boxmoor in 1911, but had moved to 'Risboro', 15 Horsecroft Road at which time his father was a Company Secretary to a company in the cattle trade, and Paul was an Apprentice in Mercantile Marine.
Wartime Service
Paul enlisted at Caxton Hall, London on 3 September 1914 and joined the 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade as a Rifleman. Following basic training he arrived in France on 19 January 1915.
He was reported as missing in action and regarded for official purposes as having died on or since on 9 May 1915. He has no known grave and his name is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial. Belgium.
Additional Information
His father received a war gratuity of £3 and pay owing of £7 3s 10d.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
