Name
Herbert Hooper
1897
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Sergeant.
02692
RAOC
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Pre War
1911 Census, lived at the Paddocks, Harris Lane, Shenly with parents.
Enlisted 1914
Wartime Service
11 Jul 1915 Posted to France, later posted to Solonica where he earned his Mention in Dispatches.
The Herts Advertiser on 24/08/1918: reported:
SERGT. H. HOOPER
SHENLEY MAN’S DISTINCTION
Sergt. Herbert Hooper of the Army Ordnance Corps, youngest son of Mr. R. Hooper, Assistant Overseer for Shenley and Ridge, has been mentioned in despatches for gallant conduct and distinguished services, by the Commander-in-chief of the British Salonica Force. He joined the Army in the autumn of 1914, and after serving some months in France, was transferred to Salonica where he is still serving.
20 Apr 1920 Discharged.
Additional Information
After the war he became a Police Officer, eventually taking on the role with The Crown Agents for the Colonies as a Police Sub Insp Brother of Edgar Frank Hooper who died in service on 19 Nov 1918, recorded on the Shenley Village Memorial
Acknowledgments
Taff Williams
