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Pte. · 12 York and Lancaster Regiment

Herbert Lack

† 06/07/1916 · aged 21 · St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, A. 24. 2; personal inscription: GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS

Personal data

NameLack
InitialsH.
Christian nameHerbert
FamilyOnly son of Ald. Thomas William Lack, J.P., and Clara Lack, of "Westridge," Poplar Avenue, Chesterfield.

Military data

Service number121429
RankPte.
Regiment / Unit12 York and Lancaster Regiment
Date of death
Age21
Cemetery / MemorialSt. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, A. 24. 2; personal inscription: GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS

Other information

Information
Died of wounds
Information 2
'The Herbert Lack Lamp' - Chesterfield Branch. Endowed on 02.11.1927. First lit on 03.12.1927 at The Royal Albert Hall, London, by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. "In memory of Herbert Lack, Pte., 12th Yorks and Lancs. Regt. Died 2.7.1916 (sic) at Rouen; also of Arnold Jephson, Pte., King's Liverpool Regt. Killed at Arras, 17.5.1917; and of Frederick Charles Jephson, 2/6 Sherwood Foresters. Killed at Cambrai, 14.12.1917 (sic); also of F.B. Robinson, Capt. 1/6 Sherwood Foresters. Died of wounds at Gommecourt 3.7.1916; also of T. Peverill Margereson, L/Cpl. 2nd Battn. Sherwood Foresters, died at Potchefstroom, South Africa, 2.9.1901" (Donated by their relatives)

Sources

Source
Liber Vitae 1928