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NAME:                      Roberts, Herbert Richard
RANK:                      Private
UNIT:                      Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)   (formerly 38270 Worcestershire Regiment)
BATTALION ETC:             8th Battalion
REGIMENTAL NUMBER:         89471
HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    Killed in action 27th May 1918
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Soissons Memorial, Aisne, France
OTHER INFORMATION:         Born about 1887-8. Joined 1916. 
                           In 1911 living with mother Jane Roberts (widow) at 13 Owens Road, Winchester.
                           In 1891 & 1901 family living at 3 Queens Road, Winchester (father Albert Richard).
                           Address given as 5 St John's North, Winchester in Winchester War Service Register.
                           Born: Winchester. Enlisted: Dudley.