Herbert Flower

1887 - 1917  (30 years)

• Name	Herbert Flower
  Birth	1887	Hanley, Staffordshire, England   [1, 2]
  Christening	12 Jan 1887	Shelton, Staffordshire, England   [3]
  	Name: Herbert Flower Baptism date: 12 Jan 1887 Baptism place: Shelton, St Mark County: Staffordshire Denomination: Anglican Father's name: George Mother's name: Mary Ann Abode: 36 Nelson Place, Wellington Quality, Trade, or Profession: Potter Archive reference: D4904/1/5 Page: 38
  Gender	Male
  Residence	5 Apr 1891	Hanley, Staffordshire, England   [2]
  	Address: 36 Nelson Place
  Residence	31 Mar 1901	Hanley, Staffordshire, England   [4]
  	Address: 36 Nelson Place
  Occupation	31 Mar 1901  [4]
  	Errand boy - post
  Residence	2 Apr 1911	Hanley, Staffordshire, England   [5]
  	Address: 36 Nelson Place
  Occupation	2 Apr 1911  [5]
  	Carter
  Military Service	12 Dec 1915	Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England   [6]
  	Enlisted: 5th North Staffordshire Regiment
  Death	14 Jun 1917	France and Flanders   [7]
  	Name: Herbert FLOWER Rank: PRIVATE Initials: H Birth place: Hanley, Staffs Enlisted: Hanley Regiment, Corps etc.: Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment) Battalion etc.: 1/5 Battalion. Number: 202586 Date died: 14 June 1917 How died: Died of wounds Theatre of war: France and Flanders
  Commemorated	1922	Hanley, Staffordshire, England   [8, 9]
  	Flower, H Memorial St Lukes Church (WMR 26286) Hanley Staffordshire St Lukes Church Wellington St, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST1 3PX 3 brass panels mounted on a nowy headed wooden board. (Faculty Granted 13th April 1922)
  Burial	Noeux-les-Mines, Pas-de-Calais, France   [10]
  	FLOWER, H H Rank: Private Service No: 202586 Date of Death: 14/06/1917 Regiment/Service: North Staffordshire Regiment 1st/5th Bn. Grave Reference II. A. 32. Cemetery NOEUX-LES-MINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
  Person ID	I4414	Gilbert
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	George Flower,   b. 1855, Hanley, Staffordshire, England d. 1912, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Baker,   b. 1855, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England d. 1893, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England (Age 38 years)
  Marriage	29 Jul 1875	Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
  Family ID	F1202	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Florence Bennett,   b. 26 Jul 1877, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England d. 14 Feb 1952, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	7 Aug 1913	Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England   [6, 11]
  Children	+ 1. Lily Flower,   b. 14 Oct 1915, Hanley, Staffordshire, England d. 2004, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F3917	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2017

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1887 - Hanley, Staffordshire, England Christening - 12 Jan 1887 - Shelton, Staffordshire, England Residence - Address: 36 Nelson Place - 5 Apr 1891 - Hanley, Staffordshire, England Residence - Address: 36 Nelson Place - 31 Mar 1901 - Hanley, Staffordshire, England Residence - Address: 36 Nelson Place - 2 Apr 1911 - Hanley, Staffordshire, England Marriage - 7 Aug 1913 - Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England Military Service - 12 Dec 1915 - Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England Death - 14 Jun 1917 - France and Flanders Commemorated - 1922 - Hanley, Staffordshire, England Burial - - Noeux-les-Mines, Pas-de-Calais, France  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Location       : City/Town       : District/Borough       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Documents

  FLOWER, Herbert: World War 1 Medal Index Card World War 1 medal index card for Herbert FLOWER. He was a Private in the North Staffordshire Regiment. He was awarded the Victory Medal and the British War Medal. UK, British Army World War I Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 (ancestry.co.uk)

  
  

• Sources

  [S129] General Register Office (England and Wales), GRO Online Index (Births) - England and Wales, Flower, Herbert; Mother's Maiden Surname: Baker; GRO Reference: 1887 M Quarter in STOKE UPON TRENT Volume 06B Page 167 (accessed 18 Sep 2017). [S6] 1891 Census (FindMyPast) England, Wales and Scotland, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Flower, Herbert; Birth year: 1887; Birth county: Staffordshire; Reg dist: Stoke upon Trent; Parish: Stoke upon Trent; Town: Hanley; County: Staffordshire; Ref: RG12; Piece: 2167; Folio: 48; Page: 48 (accessed 7 Jun 2018). [S193] Staffordshire Baptisms (FindMyPast), Flower, Herbert; Baptism year: 1887; Father's name: George; Mother's name: Mary Ann; Baptism place: Shelton, St Mark (accessed 10 Oct 2017). [S7] 1901 Census (FindMyPast) England, Wales and Scotland, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Flowers, Herbert; Birth year: 1887; Birth town: Hanley; Birth county: Staffordshire; Reg dist: Stoke upon Trent; Parish: Hanley; County: Staffordshire; Ref: RG13; Piece: 2600; Folio: 8; Page: 7 (accessed 16 May 2018). [S8] 1911 Census (FindMyPast) England and Wales, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Flower, Herbert; Birth year: 1888; Birth place: Hanley Staff; Reg dist: Stoke upon Trent; Parish: Hanley; County: Staffordshire; Ref: RG14PN16544 RG78PN1022 RD361 SD1 ED34 SN76 (accessed 24 Mar 2018). [S24] UK, British Army WW1 Service Records, 1914-1920 (Ancestry), Flower, Herbert; Birth: 1887; Location: Staffordshire; Regimental number: 5773 (accessed 26 Oct 2018). [S85] Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-1919 (FindMyPast), Flower, Herbert; 1917; Service number: 202586; Rank: Private; Regiment: Prince Of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment) (accessed 20 Sep 2018). [S382] War Memorials Register (FindMyPast), Flower, H; Death year: 1917; County: Staffordshire; Country: England (accessed 17 Dec 2020). [S383] War Memorials Register (Imperial War Museum - IWM), Flower, H; Memorial county: Staffordshire; Memorial town: Hanley (accessed 17 Dec 2020). [S38] Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), Flower, H H; Country: France; Cemetery or memorial: Noeux-Les-Mines Communal Cemetery; Service number: 202586; Regiment: North Staffordshire Regiment; First World War (accessed 21 Aug 2018). [S262] General Register Office (England and Wales), UK BMD (FindMyPast) Marriage index, Flower, Herbert - Rowley, Florence; 1913; Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire; S Quarter; Volume 6b; Page 549 (accessed 19 Sep 2017).