Fallen Soldiers
Herbert FITZHUGH
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Regiment
Rank / Number
Date of Birth
Date of Death
Grave / Memorial
Rainhill remembers on . . .
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Royal Garrison Artillery
Gunner / 77174
1886
18th May 1921 aged 35
St. Ann's Churchyard
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Herbert Fitzhugh was born in 1886 in Rainhill. His parents were John, aged 42, a platelayer from Northampton and Mary, from Liverpool..
In 1901, aged 15 he was living in Stoney Lane and working in the poultry business. He had an older brother, William, and a younger brother, John, as well as three younger sisters.
In 1906, he married Gertrude Jones in West Derby. They had two sons, Cecil and John and a daughter. Gertrude’s father, Owen Jones was living at 84 Hawthorne Road, Bootle in 1911.
It appears that Herbert enlisted in Nov. 1916 with the 44th Company, Royal Garrison Artillery (Pembroke Dock Western Coast Defences) as Gunner 77174, but was discharged in December 1916 as no longer fit for war service. (He did not serve overseas.)
He died at Highfield Infirmary, Knotty Ash in 1921, aged 35.
His address at the time of his death was given as 84 Hawthorne Road, Bootle.
The family grave is in Rainhill in St Ann's Churchyard. His father pre-deceased him dying in 1916. Although we know the plot number we have been unable to locate a stone. All three family members are noted as being in the same grave plot, father, son and mother. Either the "plot" map is wrong, the grave never had a headstone or it was damaged and removed
St Ann’s Churchyard - details of Grave Number 647:
John Fitzhugh 26 July 1916
Herbert Fitzhugh 18 May 1921
Sarah Fitzhugh 1 March 1947
St Ann’s Church records show that in 1926, the Imperial War Graves Commission offered the Vicar ten shillings a year to maintain his grave. However, his IWGC Gravestone cannot be found nor is there a record on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website.
NOTE re allocation of War Graves
Qualification for a war grave fell into three categories: those killed or who died in the war while on active service between 4th August 1914 and 21st August 1921; those serving or former servicemen who died at home or abroad as a result of active service between Aug 1914 and Aug 1921, and members of certain civilian organisation such as the Mercantile Marine and the Red Cross. (Information from Alan Greveson).
In 1901, aged 15 he was living in Stoney Lane and working in the poultry business. He had an older brother, William, and a younger brother, John, as well as three younger sisters.
In 1906, he married Gertrude Jones in West Derby. They had two sons, Cecil and John and a daughter. Gertrude’s father, Owen Jones was living at 84 Hawthorne Road, Bootle in 1911.
It appears that Herbert enlisted in Nov. 1916 with the 44th Company, Royal Garrison Artillery (Pembroke Dock Western Coast Defences) as Gunner 77174, but was discharged in December 1916 as no longer fit for war service. (He did not serve overseas.)
He died at Highfield Infirmary, Knotty Ash in 1921, aged 35.
His address at the time of his death was given as 84 Hawthorne Road, Bootle.
The family grave is in Rainhill in St Ann's Churchyard. His father pre-deceased him dying in 1916. Although we know the plot number we have been unable to locate a stone. All three family members are noted as being in the same grave plot, father, son and mother. Either the "plot" map is wrong, the grave never had a headstone or it was damaged and removed
St Ann’s Churchyard - details of Grave Number 647:
John Fitzhugh 26 July 1916
Herbert Fitzhugh 18 May 1921
Sarah Fitzhugh 1 March 1947
St Ann’s Church records show that in 1926, the Imperial War Graves Commission offered the Vicar ten shillings a year to maintain his grave. However, his IWGC Gravestone cannot be found nor is there a record on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website.
NOTE re allocation of War Graves
Qualification for a war grave fell into three categories: those killed or who died in the war while on active service between 4th August 1914 and 21st August 1921; those serving or former servicemen who died at home or abroad as a result of active service between Aug 1914 and Aug 1921, and members of certain civilian organisation such as the Mercantile Marine and the Red Cross. (Information from Alan Greveson).