577 men died on the second anniversary of the outbreak of war. 3579 Private Charles Rock of the 1/1st Herefordshire Regiment was killed in action on the 4th August 1916. He was born in Much Marcle, Herefordshire and was living in Bronyard when Britain went to war. He enlisted at Hereford and died in Egypt. He is buried in the Kantara War Memorial Cemetery.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
Sources:
Ancestry (MIC, WO 363)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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Does anyone have a information on Private F Hill 1st Herefordshire who died in Egypt on March 26th 1917. I have a photograph of him and am trying to find out where my grandfather William Jenkins of the 1st Herefordshire served during WW1. He returned safely from the war but never talked about it. I think the two men must have been friends and served together.
There's nothing for F Hill on 26th March 1917 but 236272 Pte Frederick Hill of the 1/1st Bn died, probably as a result of disease, on the 26th September 1917. He was born in All Saints, Hereford, and enlisted in Hereford. His original number was 3578 which suggests he enlisted in April/May 1915. The Bn war diary would tell you waht the Bn was up to. This is housed at the National Archives in Kew.
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