Corporal 8466 Henry GAMBLE

2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment

Killed in action in the First Battle of the Marne, France and Flanders, 2nd October 1914, age 27

Commemorated La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial, Siene-et-Marne, France

Awarded 1914 Star with clasp, British War and Victory Medals

Son of John Henry and Emma Gamble (nee Clipson)

Husband of Annie Gamble (nee Mathers)

Links to Relevant Information

CWGC Page for Corporal Gamble

Other Information

1906 enlisted in army at Leicester

1901 census living 31 Welford Road, Leicester with parents and siblings and employed as an Errand Lad

1911 census living 1st Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment, Napier Barracks, Karachi, India

1914 married Annie Mathers, St Nicholas Church, Bawtry, Yorkshire, listed his employment as a “postman”