Herbert Branston de Montmorency
Military
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Rank | Lieutenant / 1 September 1915 2nd Lieutenant / 30 January 1915 |
Regiment | 6th Battalion Border Regiment / January 1915 |
Transferred | Royal Air Force / 7 March 1918 [1] |
Former Unit | 79th Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders / 7 August 1914 [2] |
Theatre(s) of War | Gallipoli 1915 / Helles and Suvla France and Flanders 1916 / Somme, Arras, Messines, Third Battle of Ypres |
Personal
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Full Name | Herbert Branston de Montmorency |
Born | 9 December 1892 / Appleby, Westmorland [1] |
Spouse(s) | Olive Kathleen de Montmorency (nee Spendlove) [1][3] |
Parents | Harvey Francis William de Montmorency / Physician and Surgeon [2] |
Sibling(s) | Frederick Harvey de Montmorency |
Nationality | English |
Remembrance
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Casualty Type | Survived WW1 / Died WW2 |
Died | 4 June 1944 |
Cause of Death | Died on active service |
Reference Number | Mil. Sec. Grave 202. |
Resting Place | Johannesburg West Park Cemetery, Gautang, South Africa |
Coordinates | Latitude: -26.1637 / Longitude: 27.9901 |
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Biography
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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.[2] In 1914 he enlisted with the 79th Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders from the Winnipeg branch.[2] His medal card states he enlisted as a private into the 16th Canadian Scottish Battalion.[4] The Canadian Scottish battalion, however, was composed of recruits from the 79th Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders and three other battalions, these being the 91st Canadian Highlanders (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders), the 72nd Seaforth Highlanders of Canada and the 50th Regiment (Gordon Highlanders)[5] so the distinction into which battalion he enlisted can be a little hazy.
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References and notes
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The information in our Rolls of Honour have been compiled using two primary sources: HMSO's Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19, Volume 39, The Border Regiment and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission database. These have been used for consistency to ensure that any transcriptions are as accurate as possible, with the exception of discrepancies between the two sources and typos that occur from time to time. Additional sources, where used, have been referenced separately below. For soldiers that survived the war, their details do not contain the memorial scroll and are not listed in the Rolls of Honour. However, each individual has his own remembrance page to be remembered with honour.
For the Lonsdale Battalion Roll of Honour a secondary and carefully researched source, The Lonsdale War Grave Project, has been used to fill in some gaps with information not available in the aforementioned sources. Permission has been kindly granted by the owner for use here. For further information about the fields used above see Notes and definitions for soldier remembrance pages. | |
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