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Cpl. Herbert James Plested

British Army Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

from:Shabbinton, Bucks.

(d.25th Feb 1919)

Herbert Plested, born in 1892, was the 9th of 11 children of William Plested and Elizabeth Stretton. He was an agricultural labourer and lived in Shabbington with his parents and siblings.

He served first with the Ox & Bucks Light Infantry. He was then moved to the 3rd Royal Berkshire Regiment, finally he was transferred to the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry and he became a Corporal. He was attached to the 111th Company of the Chinese Labour Corps. He died in the 41st Stationary Hospital, in Gailly, France and is buried in St Pierre War Cemetery, Amiens, France.



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