Name
Herbet Cecil Brian
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
09/05/1915
23
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Second Lieutenant
Royal Garrison Artillery
59th Siege Battery
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
RUE-DU-BOIS MILITARY CEMETERY, FLEURBAIX
II. E. 10
France
UK & Other Memorials
Berkhamsted Town Memorial
St Peter’s Church Plaque, Berkhamsted
Pre War
Son of Hyla Edwin and Annie Brian, of Holmbury, Berkhamsted, Herts. He was born in Egypt. He was educated at Berkhamsted school. He attended the Royal Military academy at Woolwich. He was gazetted to the 18th Battery on 20 December 1912. He served in England until June 1914 when he left to join the 59th Bty in India. He returned in the December.
Wartime Service
In March 1915 he was sent to the front. He took part in the action of Neuve Chapelle and was killed in action near Fromelles while performing the duty of forward observing officer in the trenches. He was buried in an orchard near to where he fell. His commanding officer wrote of him: ‘He was a splendid officer and absolutely fearless in the execution of his duty.’
Additional Information
His younger brother, Arthur, was killed in 1916.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Jo Bayley
