Herbert Metson

Bank: Union of London & Smiths Bank

Place of work: London Princes Street office

Died: 9 August 1916

 

Herbert Frank Metson was born in Mile End, London, on 21 June 1887, the son of John Metson, a cooper, and his wife Mary. He went to work for Union of London & Smiths Bank. He was also a member of the bank's staff sports club.

 

During the First World War Metson left his job at the bank's London Princes Street office to join the army. By 1916 he was a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery, on active service on the Western Front. He died there on 9 August 1916. He was 29 years old.

 

Herbert Metson is commemorated on a bank war memorial at NatWest City of London office and on another held at NatWest Group Archives

Leave your message of remembrance

If you want to leave a message of remembrance for this fallen member of our staff please send us an email.

Please note that we review every comment before publishing it to make sure that it doesn't breach our posting guidelines so it sometimes takes a day or two for your comments to appear.