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|rank = [[Lieutenant]] / 1 September 1915<br>[[2nd Lieutenant]] / 30 January 1915
|rank = [[Major]] / 1 April 1918 <ref name="canadian-bank">[http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/canadian-bank-of-commerce-cn/letters-from-the-front-being-a-record-of-the-part-played-by-officers-of-the-ban-ana/page-16-letters-from-the-front-being-a-record-of-the-part-played-by-officers-of-the-ban-ana.shtml Letters from the front. Being a record of the part played by officers of the Bank in the Great War, 1914-1919]. Canadian Bank of Commerce. Volume 2 online. p.16 of 53. Accessed 3 May, 2020.</ref><br>[[Captain]] / 4 September 1917 <ref name="canadian-bank"/><br>[[Lieutenant]] / 1 September 1915 <ref name="canadian-bank"/><br>[[2nd Lieutenant]] / 30 January 1915 <ref name="canadian-bank"/>
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|transferred = {{wl|Royal Air Force}} / 7 March 1918 <ref name="national-archives">[https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8207522 De Montmorency, Herbert Branston]. Officers' Service Records. The National Archives. Ref. AIR 76/353/151. Accessed 3 May, 2020.</ref>
|former_unit = {{wl|79th Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders}} / 7 August 1914 <ref name="canadian-bank">[http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/canadian-bank-of-commerce-cn/letters-from-the-front-being-a-record-of-the-part-played-by-officers-of-the-ban-ana/page-16-letters-from-the-front-being-a-record-of-the-part-played-by-officers-of-the-ban-ana.shtml Letters from the front. Being a record of the part played by officers of the Bank in the Great War, 1914-1919]. Canadian Bank of Commerce. Volume 2 online. p.16 of 53. Accessed 3 May, 2020.</ref>
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|theatres = Gallipoli 1915 (/ Helles and Suvla)<br>France and Flanders 1916 (/ Somme, Arras, Messines, Third Battle of Ypres)
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|biography = Herbert was born at Appleby, a market town in Westmoreland, north west England. Following his schooling at Appleby Grammar School he entered the service of the Canadian Bank of Commerce, 1 May 1912.<ref name="canadian-bank"/> In 1914 he enlisted with the [[w:The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada|79th Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders]] from the Winnipeg branch.<ref name="canadian-bank"/> His medal card states he enlisted as a [[private]] into the [[w:16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish), CEF|16th Canadian Scottish Battalion]].<ref name="mic">[https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D2060977 Medal card of De Mont Morency, Herbert Branston]. The National Archives. Ref. WO 372/5/144408. Accessed 3 May, 2020.</ref> The Canadian Scottish battalion, however, was composed of recruits from the 79th Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders and three other battalions, these being the [[w:The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's)|91st Canadian Highlanders (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)]], the [[w:The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada|72nd Seaforth Highlanders of Canada]] and the 50th Regiment (Gordon Highlanders)<ref>{{wikipedia|title=16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish), CEF|date=3 May, 2020.}}</ref> so the distinction into which battalion he enlisted can be a little hazy.
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Herbert then transferred to the [[6th Border Regiment]] inon 30 January 1915 with the rank of [[2nd Lieutenant]].<ref name="mic"/> and promoted to [[Lieutenant]] on 1 September of the same year.<ref name="canadian-bank"/> He was twice wounded, first on 8 August 1915 in Gallipoli<ref>[[6th Battalion War Diary, August 1915]]. The entry for 8 August reads: "Work of consolidating Youghlin Bornu position proceeded with. About 9am orders were received that we had to withdraw into Divisional Reserve again at Lala Ba. Casualties 2 officers 2nd Lt. W.S. Ross & 2nd Lt. H.B. de Montmorency wounded."</ref> with three [[machine-gun]] bullets in the right thigh<ref name="canadian-bank"/> and second, on 4 October 1917 in France, with a high explosive [[shell]] -wound in the back<ref name="canadian-bank"/> one month after he was promoted to [[Captain]] on 4 September 1917.<ref name="canadian-bank"/> The following year, March 1918, he transferred to the {{wl|Royal Air Force}}. Hewhere, endedon the1 warApril 1918, he holdingattained the rank of [[Major]]. He died on active service on 4 June 1944 whilst serving with the South African Air Force (service number, 102927V).<ref name="south-africa"/>
 
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