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Herbert Clifford Bernard (1865 - 1916)

Col. Herbert Clifford Bernard
Born in Cheltenhammap
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Son of and
Brother of , , and
Husband of — married 21 Feb 1898 in Mandalay, Bengal, Indiamap
[children unknown]
Died at age 50 in Somme, Picardie, Francemap
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Biography

Herbert Bernard is a Military Veteran.
Served in the Indian Army 1885-1891
Herbert fought in the Burmese War
Col. Herbert Bernard served for the United Kingdom in World War I
Service started: 1914
Unit(s): Royal Irish Rifles
Service ended: 1916

Herbert was born in 1865 in Cheltenham. He was the son of Robert Bernhard M.D., R.N., Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals and Fleets and Sarah Clifford.

He was Educated at Llandovery College and then passed through Sandhurst as Queen's Cadet.

In 1898 Herbert married Miss Ina Hogg of Melbourne, who died in 1908.

He passed away in 1916 during service (See below).

Military

His war service included the Burmese Expedition (1885-89), Manipur Expedition (1891), Burmese War (1889-92), and the Chinuk Expedition (1901)[1]

Herbert was gazetted to the 67th (Hampshire) Regiment in 1884, and in 1885 joined the Indian Army, with whom he served in the Burmese War (1885-1891).

He commanded the 45th (Rattray's) Sikhs from 1909 to 1914, after which he retired from the Indian Army.

At the outbreak of war, Herbert was given Command of the 10th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles, 107th Brigade, 4th Division, and he was with them at the opening of the Battle of the Somme, when he was Killed in Action, aged 50, on the 1st July, 1916. He was one of the oldest to die at the Somme, most soldiers being in their twenties.

He is buried at Martinsart British Cemetery [2], Martinsart, Somme . The headstone bears the inscription “Miles Generosu Comitate, Fidelitate Virtue Pariter Insigis.”

Sources

  1. ↑ https://ourheroes.southdublin.ie/Serviceman/Show/16800
  2. ↑ http://www.militarian.com/threads/colonel-herbert-clifford-bernard-royal-irish-rifles.8595




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