9908 Lance Corporal Herbert James Green was born 13 March 1885 in Tottenham, Middlesex, England, son of Charles Green and Hephzibah Martin.

He emigrated to Canada in 1906, and on 9 November 1907, he married Edith Emily Jones in Toronto and had two sons – Frank Charles and Herbert.

Circa 1908, he joined the militia and served in the 10th Royal Grenadiers until joining the 3rd (Toronto) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force on 22 September 1914 in Valcartier. He was working as a concrete contractor at the time of his enlistment.

He was first reported as missing in action and potentially a prisoner of war but eventually was presumed dead as of 2 May 1915, aged 30,  following the Battle for St Julien.

As his body was never recovered, his name is engraved on the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres.