Herbert Harold Plant

A Rifleman with the 16th Battalion, Herbert died on 2nd of June 1916 at the age of 19.

Herbert was born at Kirkley on 30 March 1897, a son of Edward and Harriet Plant. He was baptised at Saint Peter’s Church, Kirkley, on 30 April 1897, and his family lived at 25 Lawson Road, and this would be Herbert’s home for the rest of his life. In 1911 Herbert worked as an office boy at an electricians.