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Robert Rathmell HERDMAN

Male 1897 - 1918  (21 years)


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  • Name Robert Rathmell HERDMAN 
    Birth 1897  Sedbergh Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 1901 Census
    Gender Male 
    Burial 1918  Picardie France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Find a Grave website Memorial ID 16070602
      Birth 1897
      Death 26 Mar 1918 (aged 21)
      Monument Pozieres Memorial Pozieres Departement de la Somme Picardie France
      Plot Panel 68 to 72.

      Ancestry UK War Graves
      Pte. Robert Rathmell Herdman 30135 22nd Bn DLI died 26th Mar 1918 aged 21. Son of Edward F & Margaret Herdman of 47 Salisbury Place Bishop Auckland

      Also noted on his parents headstone
      Inscription reads: In memory of
      Margaret belowved wife of Edward F Herdman who died 6th Aug 1926 aged 69 years also their beloved son
      Pte Robert Rathmell Herdman of 22nd Bn DLI who died of wounds received in action in the Great War 26th Mar 1918 aged 21 also
      Edward F Herdman who died 31st Dec 1934 aged 73
    Death 26 Mar 1918  France & Flanders Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Ancestry Soldiers who died in the Great War
      Name Robert Rathmell Herdman
      Birth Place Sedbergh Yorks
      Death Date 26 Mar 1918
      Death Place France and Flanders
      Enlistment Place Bishop Auckland
      Rank Private
      Regiment Durham Light Infantry
      Battalion 22nd Battalion
      Regimental Number 30135
      Type of Casualty Died
      Theatre of War Western European Theatre
    Person ID I24984  Main Tree
    Last Modified 19 Feb 2025 

    Father Edward Frederick HERDMAN,   b. 1862, South Hylton Co Durham Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Dec 1934, Bishop Auckland Co Durham Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Margaret GEGGIE,   b. 1857, Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Aug 1926 (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage 1885 
    • FreeBMD Mar 1885 Berwick 10b 493
    Family ID F6436  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • 1901 RG13 4832 122 at 35 Olympia Gardens Morpeth son single aged 4 born Sedbergh
      1911 RG14 29710 39 at 33 Princes Street Bishop Auckland son single cabinet makers apprentice aged 14 born Sedbergh