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Pvt Herbert Player

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Pvt Herbert Player

Birth
City of London, Greater London, England
Death
15 Aug 1917 (aged 27)
Burial
Loos-en-Gohelle, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Add to Map
Plot
III. B. 9.
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Service No: 252790
Age: 27
Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment), 10th Bn.

Son of Silas and Clara Player, of 2133, Easton Drive, Burlingame, California, U.S.A. A Farmer in Saskatchewan. Native of London, England.

April 13, 1916 Enlisted Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force Regimental No 252790
Description: 5' 5 1/4" 160 pounds; fresh complexion, brown eyes and hair; farmer; single; 25 years 11 months
November 1, 1916 Left Canada
November 11, 1916 Arrived England
April 24, 1917 Landed in France
August 15, 1917 Killed by enemy machine gun bullets while crossing No Man's Land - Attack on Hill 70
Service No: 252790
Age: 27
Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment), 10th Bn.

Son of Silas and Clara Player, of 2133, Easton Drive, Burlingame, California, U.S.A. A Farmer in Saskatchewan. Native of London, England.

April 13, 1916 Enlisted Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force Regimental No 252790
Description: 5' 5 1/4" 160 pounds; fresh complexion, brown eyes and hair; farmer; single; 25 years 11 months
November 1, 1916 Left Canada
November 11, 1916 Arrived England
April 24, 1917 Landed in France
August 15, 1917 Killed by enemy machine gun bullets while crossing No Man's Land - Attack on Hill 70

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HE WAS OUR DEARLY LOVED AND ONLY SON

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  • Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 7, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56484866/herbert-player: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt Herbert Player (5 May 1890–15 Aug 1917), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56484866, citing Loos British Cemetery, Loos-en-Gohelle, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; Maintained by War Graves (contributor 6).