Name
Herbert Richard Norris
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
03/02/1918
26
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Corporal
240920
Yorkshire Regiment
5th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
LAYSTON CHURCHYARD EXTENSION
106
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Buntingford Town Memorial,
We are not aware of any memorial in Layston
Pre War
Herbert was born in 1889 to William and Mary. The 1901 census shows them living in Baldock Road. By 1911 they had moved to Church Street and Herbert is shown as being a Blue Jacket in the Royal Navy.
He enlisted on 30 July 1909 but was discharged on 6 October 1910 due to a heart disorder. He enlisted in the Army and must have got through the medical.
Wartime Service
Enlisted Royston. He died in St Johns VAD Hospital and is buried in Layston
Acknowledgments
Kate Thompson
Jonty Wild, Carol Emery
