Private 18280 Herbert LODGE

Private 18280 Herbert Lodge{gallery}Pte H Lodge{/gallery}1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Formerly a stoker in the Royal Navy.
Killed in action in France and Flanders, 20th February 1915, aged 29

• Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panels 36 and 55
  
• Awarded 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of John and Elisabeth Lodge
  
• Husband of Beatrice Lodge [nee Throsby – now Blundell]. Married 25 Dec 1913 at Wakefield
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Lodge
• Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
• York and Lancaster Regiment

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born 25 Jun 1886 and baptised 20 Oct 1886 at Wakefield
• Wife Beatrice lived at 2 Orchard Street, Nuneaton at the time of their marriage [1913]
  
• Living aboard HMS Invincible [1911]
• Lived at 4 Harvey Street, Wakefield [1913]
  
• Employed as a stoker in the Royal Navy [1911]
• Served aboard HMS Vindictive, HMS Talbot, HMS Tamar, and other naval ships.
  
• Left the Navy on 21 Feb 1914. Re-enlisted in the Army at Wakefield. Disembarked in France on 15 Jan 1915