Herbert Maddams
WWI Roll of Honour
By Lynette Wray
Herbert George Priest Maddams
Military History:
Regiment:
Suffolk Regiment
Rank:
Lance Sergeant
Service Number:
7514
Date of Enlisting
19.1.1907
Date of death:
24.11.1917
Cemetery/ Memorial:
Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinge, Arrondissment Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium
UK Cemetery/Memorial:
St Mary’s Church Ashwell Roll of Honour Ashwell Village War Memorial
Herbert enlisted on 19th January 1907 at Melbourn, Cambridgeshire. The 1911 census shows him in barracks with the ‘Arabia, Cyprus and Gibralta’ troops. During WWI Herbert was a Lance Sergeant with the Suffolk Regiment 4th Battalion, Regimental number 7514. He served in the Western European Theatre of War, France and Flanders and died of wounds on 24th November 1917.
Herbert was awarded the Victory Medal and the British War Medal
Herbert is buried in the Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinge, Arrondissement Ieper (Ypres), West Flanders, Belgium, and is commemorated on the St Mary’s Church Ashwell Roll of Honour and the Ashwell War Memorial.
Family History:
Date of Birth:
Baptised 5.5.1889
Birth Place:
Biggleswade, Bedfordshire
Residence:
Melbourn, Cambridgeshire
Marriage:
11.5.1915
Herbert was born on in 1889 in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire and baptised on 5th May of that year. He was the third son of Thomas Priest Maddams and Kate Elizabeth (nee Cowley) Maddams. Herbert was a pupil of the Merchant Taylors School in Ashwell, Hertfordshire.
Herbert married Anne Anthony Cummings of Greenwich, Kent on 11th May 1917. They had two children, Frank Thomas Maddams born 2nd April 1916 and Eileen Ida Maddams born 11th August 1917.
Commentary:
Name: |
Herbert George Priest Maddams |
Birth Place: |
Biggleswade, Bedfordshire |
Residence: |
Melbourn, Cambridgeshire |
Death Date: |
24.11.1917 |
Enlistment Place: |
Melbourn, Cambridgeshire |
Rank: |
Private |
Regiment: |
Suffolk Regiment |
Battalion: |
1/4th Battalion, 98 Brigade, 33 Division |
Regimental Number: |
7514 |
Type of Casualty: |
Died of Wounds |
Theatre of War: |
Western Europe, France and Flanders |
This page was added on 29/03/2016.