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Personal data

• Name TUFFIN
• Initials H
• First name HERBERT
• Place of birth Haverhill
• Country Suffolk, England
• Last residence Chelmsford
• Family Son of William and Emily Tuffin, of Haverhill, Suffolk; two brothers, Albert Edgar and Arthur; one sister, Laura May
• Profession Silk weaver at the Silk Factory, Colne Valley Rd., Haverhill
• Extra info Commemorated on the Memorial of the Old Independant Church, Haverhill

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Chelmsford, Essex
• Service number 13293
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 11th Bn. Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
• Division - Brigade 123rd Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 41st Division
• National force B.E.F.

Death

• Wounded Hit by a shell fragment, while out on an evening working party
• Type of wounds Died of wounds in his shoulder, which injured his lungs; gunshot wounds in the face, left side, died in n°3 Can CCS
• Date of death 23 December 1916
• Died at the age of 20
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery X - C - 37

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