Son of Capt. Alfred and Ellen Charlotte Herbert; husband of Kestell Herbert, of Yeoville, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Commemoration stone in Durban (West Street) Cemetery
K.M. Jordan, Royal Durban Light Infantry WWII Roll of Honour ("working document", Aug 2026 draft; email to John & Bobby, 4 Sep 2026, marked "not 100% correct") (ServiceNo in this draft, 2100, differs from this record's own 2100 -- not resolved, matched instead by surname + exact DateDeath 1941-12-16).: HERBERT, Richard (Son of Captain Alfred & Ellen Charlotte Herbert of Grant’s Grove, Musgrave; husband of Kestell (born Viljoen) Herbert, of Yeoville, JHB – married Bloemfontein 21/12/1940.) (Mansfield Road Junior High School; DTHS / Glenwood; Durban High School 1928; admin #4261.) 2100 Sergeant Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Leeds, Yorkshire, England 1914; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in North Africa; missing, death presumed, after the attack on Bardia, Libya. Alamein Memorial to the Missing, El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt. (Also, on the Durban High School; the RDLI; the Durban Cenotaph; St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Durban WWII Memorials & on family commemoration stone in West Street Cemetery, Durban.) 16/12/1941 GH9V-Q3Y 27
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