Name
Herbert George Waldock
1893
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
23/08/1923
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
6992
Household Cavalry
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ASHWELL (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
St Mary's Church Roll of Honour, Ashwell(*1)
Pre War
Herbert George Waldock was born in 1893 in Ashwell, Herts, the son of Benjamin John and Agnetta Waldock (nee Covington). He was one of four children and was educated at the Merchant Taylors School in Ashwell.
On the 1901 Census the family were living in Church Lane, Ashwell, where his father was working as a brewer's drayman. His mother died in 1907 after which Herbert moved out of the family home and by 1911 was a boarder at the home of Arthur and Sarah Clarke, and their daughter Grace, at Ampthill Road, Shefford, Beds and was working as a baker.
Wartime Service
He enlisted on 30 August 1914 and served with the 9th Lancers of the Household Cavalry and Cavalry of Line in the Western European Theatre of War. He was seriously wounded in August 1918 and honourably discharged on 12 May 1919 as being "no longer physically fit for war service", then being awarded Silver War Badge no. B275199 for wounds received in battle. At the time of his discharge he was serving with the 1st Regimental Reserve Lancers.
On the 1921 Census Herbert was listed as a disabled pensioner living at Gifford House Hospital, Putney Park Lane, Roehampton, Surrey. Herbert died at Gifford House on 23 August 1923, aged 29, as a result of the injuries sustained during the war and is buried in St Mary's Churchyard, Ashwell.
Additional Information
A pension card exists with his father as dependant which suggests he was awarded a pension of 10s a week. He gave his address as Cherry Cottage, Station Road, Ashwell. Probate of Herbert's estate was granted to Benjamin John Waldock (his father) in London on 19 September 1923 with effects of £200 3s 11d.
*1 The St Mary's Church Roll of Honour indicates that he survived the war, although he died of his wounds on 23 August 1923.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Jonty Wild, Lynette Wray, www.ashwellmuseum.org.uk
