Herbert Trevor George Snook

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Herbert Trevor George Snook was born in 1893 in Ebbesbourne Wake, Wiltshire. He was the son of Tom Snook, a Farm Labourer, and Albertina Louisa Snook (nee Scammell). At the time of the 1911 Census he was single, working as a carter on a farm and living at Prescombe Cottages, Ebbesbourne Wake, Wiltshire. He enlisted in Devizes, Wiltshire, and joined the 2nd Battalion of the Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire) Regiment (Service No. 19112). He served in France & Flanders and at the time of his death held the rank of Lance Corporal. He was awarded the Victory and British War Medals. He was presumed killed in action on 8th July 1916 and his name appears on the Thiepval Memorial in France (Pier and Face 13 A). He is also remembered on the Ebbesbourne Wake War Memorial.   His mother was awarded a dependent's pension. His brother, Arthur Spencer George Snook, also served but survived the conflict.