Son of Councillor Edward and Sarah Gittins, of 375, Bolton Road, Kearsley, Lancashire. Enlisted September 1914. Formerly Private 3847, 2nd/5th Bn., Seaforth Highlanders. Gazetted to Second Lieutenant November 1915.
Gittins, Herbert –
Personal details
- Surname: Gittins
- Forename: Herbert
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Kearsley, Lancashire
- Place of residence: Kearsley, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 25
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: June 2nd, 1917
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Unit: 5th (Territorial) Battalion.
- Service number: Not known
- Regiment: Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Not known
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: V / BW
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Farnworth "Fallen In The Fight" Book
- Kearsley War Memorial Cross (WWI Plaque)
- Loyal North Lanacashire Regiment - 5th Battalion (Territorials) Memorial (Queen's Park) - Bolton
- St. Stephen's (Kearsley Moor) C.E. Church WWI Roll of Honour (Killed)
- CWGC Memorial: Anzac Cemetery, Sailly-sur-la-Lys, Pas de Calais, France
- CWGC reference: II. I. 5.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 16/03/1917
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 6e
- Bolton Chronicle: 08/06/1917
- Farnworth and Worsley Journal entries: 26/11/1915 16/03/1917 08/06/1917 06/07/1917 28/12/1917 31/05/1918