Private 68246 Herbert Jevins
St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
Courtesy Ste M.
Regiment/Unit: Cheshire Regiment - 1st Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Previous Reg/Num: 39992, S Lancs Regt
Age at death: 20
Date of death: 23rd of October 1918
Born: Dewsbury, Yorks
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Amerval Communal Cemetery Extension Solesmes - D. 24.
BMD details:
22/08/1917 - Herbert Jevins to Violet Watkiss at St Helens, Lancashire. Vol 8b - Page 1211. Herbert married while on leave and his service papers show this with a change of next-of-kin from his mother to his wife Mrs Violet Jevins, 45 Glover Street, St Helens.
Family details:
Occupation and address at enlistment: Herbert is employed as a 'Chemical Labourer' and living at 19 Williamson Street, Parr, St Helens with his parents.
Census details:
1901 - 3 years old Herbert is living at 68 George Street, Dewsbury with parents John (27), Martha E (26) and sister Sarah (1). 1911 - Sees 13 years old schoolboy Herbert as a patient in The Fever Hospital, Peasley Cross, St Helens.
Notes:
Age taken from census.
Age taken from census.
[pic]imgs/sppics/H_Jevins_Ches.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Private Herbert Jevins at
Amerval Communal Cemetery Extension, Solesmes
(Photograph courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]
