18078 Pte Arthur Herdman, 13th Bn, DLI

Over a month after the Armistice had been declared, on the 14th December 1918, 18078 Private Arthur Herdman of the 13th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry died of wounds. He was born in Chester-Le-Street but according to Soldiers Died in The Great war was living in America when war was declared. He joined the DLI at Chester-Le-Street in September 1914.

Arthur was 21 years old, the son of James and Elizabeth Eleanor Herdman of 4 Stackyard, Great Lumley, Fence Houses, County Durham. He is buried in Premont British Cemetery in France.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission