Private Herbert Abrams
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5 Jan 1897
Date of Death
18 Sep 1918
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Pte Herbert Abrams, 14839, 7th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment, was killed in action in France on September 18th, 1918.
Forces Chaplain, the Rev L. Walters, wrote to his mother Sarah at 99 Oak Road, Luton, informing her that her son was wounded in the abdomen by a sniper's bullet, and died immediately or soon after being hit.
Herbert was born in Harpenden on January 5th, 1897, a son of Samuel and Sarah Abrams. The family had moved to Luton by the time of the 1911 Census, when they were living at 20 Maple Road.
Herbert worked at the Diamond Foundry in Dallow Road, Luton, before being mobilised with the Beds Territorials. After training he went to France in October 1916, being then transferred into the Royal Sussex Regiment. He had recently been made a stretcher-bearer and had several narrow escapes, being wounded twice.
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