360 Gunner Herbert Charles Collingbourne, a Territorial Force soldier who had enlisted with the Warwick Royal Horse Artillery in 1913, died of wounds on the 4th January 1916.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission notes that he was 23 years old when he died and was serving with the 1st Warwick Battery. He was the son of David Charles and Sarah Jane Collingbourne, of 52 St Nicholas Street, Coventry.
Herbert was born in Coventry and enlisted at Leamington. He was an early arrival overseas, his medal card recording that he landed in France on the 31st October 1914. He is buried in Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery in France; one of nearly 3500 identified casualties in that cemetery.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
Sources:
Ancestry.co.uk (MIC)
Army Ancestry
Army Service Numbers 1881-1918
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Soldiers Died in The Great War
First World War 1914-1918. WW1 Research. Remembering those who died for King, King Emperor and Country.
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Monday, 4 January 2010
Sunday, 16 August 2009
133926 Pte Edgar George Udy, Machine Gun Corps

133926 Pte Edgar George Udy of the 61st Battalion, Machine Gun Corps, died of wounds on this day, 16th August, 1918. Edgar was 19 years old, the son of Elizabeth Udy of Old Ford, East London. Soldiers Died in The Great War records that he was born in Hackney and enlisted at Bethnal Green.
He appears on the 1901 census as a two year old living at Percy Road Hackney. Also living in the household were his siblings Josiah Udy (aged nine), Arthur Udy (aged four) and the boys' infant sister, Eva Udy (aged three months). The children's parents are recorded as Arthur Udy (aged 34, a shoe cutter) and his wife Elizabeth Udy (aged 28, also working in the boot and shoe trade).
Edgar is buried at Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery in France; a huge cemetery which seems to have been largely populated by men dying of wounds in various hospitals in the St Omer region.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
Sources:
Ancestry.co.uk (MIC)
Army Service Numbers 1881-1918
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Soldiers Died in the Great War
The photo on this post shows French graves at Longuenesse and comes from the Our Lady of Reconciliation War Memorial site.
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