Henry was born in 1888 in Bishop Burton. He was the son of Francis Green Norris born in 1855 in Aike and Sarah Jane Waslin born in Middleton in 1856. They married in Bishop Burton in 1886 and lived there until 1890. The fIrst three of their children were born in the village including Henry. Francis was an agricultural labourer in 1891, but had become a gamekeeper by 1901 in the village of Cloughton which is to the north west of Scarborough.
Henry enlisted in the Derbyshire Yeomanry in Derby although his place of residence is still given as Cloughton.
The regiment mobilised in August 1914, but remained in England until 1915, when they moved to Egypt with the 2nd Mounted Division. They then sailed for Gallipoli, where they saw action at the Battle of Scimitar Hill, serving as dismounted infantry, and took heavy losses. The battle began on 21st August 1915 and was one of the costliest of the campaign. Henry was killed on the second day. Henry is commemorated at the Helles Memorial.
Norris, Henry Green
First name:
HENRY GREEN
Regiment:
Military Number:
1789
Rank:
Private
Date Died
22/08/1915
Place died:
Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
Age:
27
CLOUGHTON, SCARBOROUGH, , NORTH YORKSHIRE, UK
