Notts Free Press- 16th August 1918
HERRING J. W.
James William Herring
Private 43215
9th Bn., Royal Irish Fusiliers
Notts Free Press- 16th August 1918
James William Herring died on Thursday 16 August 1917, Age 28, and is commemorated on the TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
He was born on 8th April 1889 at Skegby, Notts, and was baptised at St Peter's church Mansfield in August 1889. He was the son of John James & Mary Ann Herring. John James Herring was a miner, who married Mary Ann Hayes at Sutton-in-Ashfield in December 1888.
James William Herring was the husband of Sarah Ann Herring, (later Smith). He was the elder brother of Fred Herring, and the brother-in-law of Samuel Sills, who are also remembered on the War Memorial.
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 Notts Free Press - In Memoriam - 16th August 1918 |
From
‘Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914-19 –
Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers)’
HERRING
James William. Born Mansfield, Notts,
enlisted Mansfield (resides New Houghton, Notts). 9th Bn.,
Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Private
43215, Killed in Action, France & Flanders, 16th August 1917.
Formerly 20325 Notts & Derbys Regt.
Research by Heather Faulkes
