PERSONAL INFORMATION Name: FITZHERBERT, Henry Charles Hugh DOB: 1908. 4th Quarter Place of Birth: Rathdown, Ireland Residence: Rookwood Cottage, Rathfarnham, Co. Dublin, Irish Republic. Trade/Profession: Parents: Eden and Dorothy Fitzherbert, Swinnerton, Foxrock, Co. Dublin. Census: 1911, Avoca Avenue, Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland. Wife: Sheelagh M. Fitzherbert nee Murphy, Rookwood Cottage, Rathfarnham, Co. Dublin; married 1934 2nd Quarter, Holyhead, Anglesey Photo: SERVICE Personal Number: 139211 Rank: Captain Regiment/Battalion: Irish Guards, 2nd Armoured Battalion As at 01/09/1939: Pre-embarkation list, May 1944: Ref OFFICER Commission: London Gazette 30th July 1940 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34909/supplement/4663/data.pdf "I. G'ds. Henry Charles Hugh FITZHERBERT (139211) to be 2nd Lt. 1st July 1940." Promotions: Field Returns: Orbats: Orbats: Irish Guards CASUALTY CWGC Link: Cemetery Details CWGC Certificate: Theatre of War: Western Europe Campaign, 1944/45 Date of Death: 02/04/1945 Age at Death: 36 Casualty Type: Killed in Action Cemetery: RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY Cemetery Plan: Cemetery Photo: Grave Reference: 34A. C. 3 Headstone Photo: Grave Registration: Concentration Report: Headstone: Reburial Date: 30/08/1947 Original Burial Place / Map Reference: Temp Burial Ground Western Berg, Sheet N1, Map Ref 549120, Plot A, B17 579 Inscription: "Rest in peace" Army Casualty List (WO 417): 139211 Captain Fitzherbert H C H 1944-45 Irish Guards The Times Casualty List: published 14/04/1945 MEDALS Campaign Medals: Medal Roll Details: REFERENCES War Diaries: War Diary: 2nd Armoured Battalion IRISH GUARDS, Jan - Dec 1944 War Diary: 2nd Battalion Irish Guards, Jan - Dec 1945 Archive Files: 2nd Armoured Battalion Irish Guards, GAD, Tank Casualties, 1945 Publications: IG History, pgs 363, 456, 457, 478, 488, 537, 567, 568 Accounts: War Memorial: War Memorial Kildare Street Club World War II Memorial in Dublin 02, Kildare Street and University Club, Dublin, Dublin City 02 Newspaper: "The Times Captain Fitzherbert H. 14 Apr 2045 OBITUARY, FALLEN OFFICERS, THE TIMES LIST OF CASUALTIES:- THE ARMY:- FITZHERBERT, Captain H., Irish Guards Captain Fitzherbert H. 14 Apr 2045 DEATHS:- ON ACTIVE SERVICE: FITZHERBERT. - Killed in action in Germany, April, 1945, Capt. HARRY FITZHERBERT, Irish Guards, loved husband of Sheelah Fitzherbert, Rookwood Cottage, Rathfarnham, Co. Dublin, and eldest son of Eden and Dorothy Fitzherbert, Swinnerton, Foxrock, Co. Dublin, aged 36." Websites: Irish Guards: Roll of Honour - WWII Open Resource Group Captain Henry Charles "Harry" Fitzherbert ( - 1945) - Find A Grave Memorial
FitzHerbert, Henry Charles WW II Irish Guards Dublin 02, Kildare Street and University Club Kildare Street Club World War II Memorial War Memorial Kildare Street Club World War II Memorial in Dublin 02, Kildare Street and University Club, Dublin, Dublin City 02
BMD Birth: Name: Henry C H Fitzherbert Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1908 Registration district: Rathdown Birth Country: Ireland Volume: 2 Page: 763 FHL Film Number: 101072 Census: Name: Henry Charles Fitzherbert Gender: Male Age: 2 Birth Year: abt 1909 Relation to Head: Son Residence Date: 2 Apr 1911 Townland/Street: Avoca Avenue, Part of District: Blackrock No. 2 County: Dublin Marriage: Name: Sheelah M Murphy Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1934 Registration district: Holyhead Inferred County: Anglesey Spouse: Fitz Herbert Volume Number: 11b Page Number: 993 Death: Name: Henry Fitzherbert Given Initials: H C H Rank: Captain Death Date: 2 Apr 1945 Number: 139211 Birth Place: Eire Residence: Eire Branch at Enlistment: Foot Guards Theatre of War: Western Europe Campaign, 1944/45 Regiment at Death: Irish Guards Branch at Death: Foot Guards
Casualty Captain FITZHERBERT, HENRY CHARLES HUGH Service Number 139211 Died 02/04/1945 Aged 36 2nd Bn. Irish Guards Son of Eden and Dorothy Fitzherbert; husband of Sheelah Fitzherbert, of Rathfarnham, Co. Dublin, Irish Republic. INSCRIPTION: REST IN PEACE Buried at RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY Location: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Cemetery/memorial reference: 13. B. 21. See cemetery plan
Personal Number: 139211 Rank: Captain Name: Henry Charles Hugh FITZHERBERT Unit: Irish Guards London Gazette : 30 July 1940 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34909/supplement/4663/data.pdf FOOT GUARDS I. G'ds. Henry Charles Hugh FITZHERBERT (139211) to be 2nd Lt.