Service for WW1 war hero

A rededication service has taken place for a First World War soldier who was buried in an unmarked grave in an Ilkeston cemetery.

The service for Private (58483)

Herbert Henry Tingle, 10th Battalion Sherwood Foresters, was held at Ilkeston Park Cemetery.

Private Tingle was a Former Assistant Master of Granby Junior School in Ilkeston from 1914, when it was Granby Boys School.

He joined the British Army in 1916 and was eventually posted to the 10th Battalion Sherwood Foresters Regiment, serving on the Western Front. After contracting Rheumatic Fever while on active service in the trenches, he was demobilised in April 1919. He returned home to his teaching post, though due to his illness he was not able to take up the role completely. He died at the age of 31 on January 16, 1920 and was buried in Park Cemetery in an unmarked grave.

Thanks to the efforts of Councillor James Dawson and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Private Tingle now lies in a marked grave.

The headstone was unveiled by Herbert’s great niece Yvonne, and school councillors from Granby Junior School.

The service, attended by representatives of the Mercian Regiment as the successor to the Sherwood Foresters, and the Royal British Legion, was conducted by The Reverend Father Julius Anozie from All Saints Church, Kirk Hallam.