Leicestershire War Memorials

Sergeant Herbert W Widdowson, 305161

Batt - 2/8
Unit - Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment (Sherwood Foresters)
Section - "d" Company

Date of Birth -
Died - 07/04/1917
Age - 29

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Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of Walter and Emma Widdowson of Derby Road, Hathern, Leics., and the husband of Maude Widdowson. Other sources show his place of residence as Loughborough, Leics.

Leicestershire Project Findings

Conflict - World War I
Other Memorials - Loughborough Carillon, War Memorial Bell Tower

Research from Michael Doyle's Their Name Liveth For Evermore

Unit - Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment (Sherwood Foresters)
Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
Burial Commemoration - Thiepval Mem., Somme, France
Born - Loughborough, Leicestershire
Enlisted - Allerton, Lancashire
Place of Residence - Budly, Ollerton, Nottinghamshire, England
Memorial - CARILLON TOWER MEM., LOUGHBOROUGH, LEICS
Memorial - HATHERN MEM., LEICS
Memorial - ST. PETER'S CHURCH, LOUGHBOROUGH, LEICS

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