Herbert Alfred Vincent Wait
View Herbert Alfred Vincent on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission websiteRank:
Lieutenant
Service:
Royal Berkshire Regiment
Origin:
Date of birth:
1898
Date of death:
02 December 1917
Age at Death:
19
Known information
Herbert Albert Vincent Wait was a pupil at Oakham School between 1910 and 1915 and then went on to Sandhurst. He was the son of Vincent Wait and his wife, of 45 Eastern Avenue, Reading. Herbert became a Lieutenant in 2nd Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) and was killed in action on 2 December 1917 during the Battle of Passchendaele serving with D Company. He was 19 years old. Herbert is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 105, as well as in Oakham School Chapel.
Picture below of Oakham School Cricket First XI courtesy Andrew Renshaw, author of Wisden on the Great War.
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Born 1898.Oakham School 1910-15: Prefect; Rugby and cricket Colours (school photo to follow).Remembered on Panel 105-106 & 162 of the Tyne Cott Memorial.
By BN on Tuesday 17th June '14 at 6:51pm
A picture of his name on Tyne Cot Memorial, taken 12 September 2015.By John Stokes on Sunday 6th December '15 at 11:08am
A Rutlander, living in Belgium
Rutland and The Battle of the Somme
More than 90 Rutland soldiers died in the Battle of the Somme which lasted from 1 July 1916 until the middle of November. Today they lie in cemeteries across the old battlefield in northern France or are remembered among the 72,000 names on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme. By using our interactive map, you can find out what happened to them.
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