HERBERT+WALKER

 Born Herbert Walker, but all records are in the name of Herbert Cantrill. He appears as Herbert Walker on the memorial and in the Derbyshire Times report.

Cantrill, Herbert, Private, 67439, 8th Infantry Labour Company, Durham Light Infantry Born Alton, Derbyshire Enlisted Derby Resided Chesterfield, Derbyshire Died of pneumonia 29th March 1917 aged 31 Son of Joshua and Mary Cantrill, of Ken Park, Ashover, Chesterfield. Buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, VIII, A, 173

1911 Census A colliery pit banksman Son of Joshua, a coal miner hewer, and Mary Ann Cantrill, of Ken Park, Littlemoor, Ashover, Derbyshire

(Article and photograph from the Derbyshire Times, 14th April 1917)


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