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Herbert Walters was born the 19 Dec 1892 the son of Herbert Walters, tanner’s labourer and member of the Beverley Volunteer Band, and Martha Elizabeth (nee Bird). Herbert was baptised at Beverley Minster the 29 Jan 1893.
Herbert joined the 1st/5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, Yorkshire Hussars and was posted with them to France in 1915, landing at Boulogne on 15 Apr 1915. The Battalion formed part of 146 Brigade, 49th West Riding Division. In Feb 1916, the Battalion was operating in the area of Ypres and had moved to positions in Sanctuary Wood. On 2 Mar the Battalion took part in operations made by the 50th Division, while 76th Infantry Brigade retook the Bluff . Herbert was killed in this action, along with one officer and four other ranks of the Battalion. It was reported in the Beverley Guardian that he was killed by a shell.
Herbert is buried at the Maple Copse Cemetery, near Ypres. Four of his comrades who died during the same operation are also buried there. Herbert is remembered in the Beverley Memorial Gardens and on the grave of his sister Dorothy, in Beverley St Martin’s Cemetery
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