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Pte. Herbert Crimmins
British Army 18th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment
(d.5th Sep 1916)
Herbert Crimmins served with the 18th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment. He was executed for desertion on 5th September1916 and is buried in Veille-Chapelle New Military Cemetery, Lacouture, France.
Privates Herbert Crimmins, 32, and Arthur Wild, 24, were shot in September 1916. Their crime was to wander off before a battle, get drunk and sleep in a cornfield.