Herbert Meakin

Gunner. 26735. 75th Battery. Royal Field Artillery.

Born 1883 in Newthorp, Nottingham.

Son of Jacob and Agnes.

Brother of Jacob, Albert, Lizzie and Maggie.

Husband of Susannah Giles, who was born in Sheffield.

Married in 1906 (June ½)

Father of one child and one who died before 1911.

Address: 1 Bankend, Heath House, Golcar.

Occupation: Fettler at George Whiteley'sLinthwaite.

Killed in action 24th April 1915 aged 32.

Commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. Panel 5 & 9.

Herbert was a reservist with only three months to serve when war broke out. His name appears on the Roll of Honour in St. John's Church, Golcar.

This memorial to the missing in Belgian Flanders which covers the area known as the Ypres Salient and bears the names of 54,403 names.