Name
Herbert Edward Brandon
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
18/08/1915
18
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Stoker 2nd Class
SS/116773
Royal Navy
H.M.S. "Lilac"
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL
Panel 12
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hitchin War Memorial, St Mary's Church Roll of Honour, Hitchin, Hitchin British Boys' School, Hitchin
Pre War
Son of Frederick and Emily Brandon, of 57, Bunyan Rd., Hitchin, Herts. He attended Hitchin British Boys' School.
Wartime Service
He was a 2nd Class Stoker on H.M.S. ‘Lilac’ and had the Service Number SS/116773. He died in a mine explosion in the North Sea although his ship was not sunk.
He has no known grave, but is remembered on Panel 12 of the Chatham Memorial to the Missing.
Acknowledgments
Adrian Dunne, David C Baines, Jonty Wild
