BORN HULL 1896. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY & ALICE LANE – 63 WALLER STREET. SECOND OF SIX CHILDREN. BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS A SAWMILL LABOURER AND WAGGONER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL WITH THE 1/4TH EYR TERRITORIALS, ON 08/07/1913. WENT TO FRANCE IN APRIL 1915. WOUNDED IN THE FACE ON 13/04/1916. POSTED TO THE 13TH EYR, ON 11/10/1916. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 21. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON HULL GARDENER SOCIETY ROH – HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, HULL.
First name:
HENRY
Regiment:
Military Number:
28068
Rank:
Private
Date Died
13/11/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
21
