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534010   Private William Henry
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Dated added: 30/12/2015   Last updated: 01/05/2020
Personal Details
Regiment/Service: 969th Area Employment Company, Labour Corps (British Army)
Died: 09/09/1918 (Died of Illness)
Age: 39
Summary      
William Henry was the son of William Henry. William was born in Cookstown about 1879. William had gone to live and work in Blantyre, Scotland. He was married to Annie Henry. William Henry enlisted in Hamilton, joining the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers with the number 13240. William later transferred to the Labour Corps (No 534010). Private William Henry served for over three years in Salonika, Greece. Private William Henry was serving with the 969th Area Employment Company of the Labour Corps when he died of malaria on 9th September 1918. He was 39 years old.
Further Information
William Henry was the son of William Henry. William was born in Cookstown about 1879.
William had gone to live and work in Blantyre, Scotland. He is not listed on Blantyre War Memorial.
William Henry was married to Annie Henry. William and Annie had eight children.
William Henry enlisted in Hamilton, joining the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers with the number 13240.
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William later transferred to the Labour Corps (No 534010).
Private William Henry served for over three years in Salonika, Greece.
Private William Henry was serving with the 969th Area Employment Company of the Labour Corps when he died of malaria on 9th September 1918. He was 39 years old.
From the Mid Ulster Mail dated 21st September 1918:
HENRY – No. 13240 Private Willie Henry, 2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers, died on 9th September 1918 in Salonika, from malarial fever, after three years’ service.
‘Out in a foreign country,
Where the trees and branches wave,
Lies a kind and loving brother,
In a cold and silent grave.
Peaceful be your rest, dear brother,
It is sweet to breathe your name;
In life we loved you very dear,
In death we do the same.
Not dead to those who loved him,
Not lost, but gone before,
He lives with us in memory still,
And will for evermore.’
Sadly missed by his sorrowing brother and sister-in-law, Johnnie and Maggie Henry, Waterloo Terrace, Cookstown.
From the Mid Ulster Mail dated 21st September 1918:
Mr John Henry, Waterloo Terrace, Cookstown, has received information that his brother, Private William Henry, Royal Irish Fusiliers, died of fever in Salonika on 9th September. The deceased, who was well-known and respected in Cookstown, went to work in Scotland, and it was from there he joined up soon after the outbreak of the war. He paid a brief visit to his native town on furlough about a year ago. He leaves a wife and eight children, who reside in Scotland, to mourn his loss.
Private William Henry is buried in Bralo British Cemetery, Greece. A large proportion of the burials in this cemetery were due to the influenza epidemic of 1918.
William was a brother of Johnny Henry of Waterloo Terrace, Cookstown.
The CWGC record Private William Henry as the son of the late Mr and Mrs William Henry. He is also recorded as the husband of Annie Henry of 5 Kirkgate, Saltcoats, Ayrshire, Scotland. The CWGC also record that he was born in Ireland.
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Relevant Cookstown Area Locations
No Location Region Location Notes Longtitude Latitude
1 Cookstown area Cookstown Central Born in Cookstown area 54.645876 -6.745446
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1 Blantyre War Memorial Not listed on Blantyre War Memorial
2 Coagh Civic Births Possible information on William Henery (To Be Confirmed)
3 National Archives UK Medal card can be purchased here
4 Saltcoats War Memorial Not listed on Saltcoats War Memorial
5 Soldiers Died in the Great War Details of Private William Henry
6 War Graves Photographic Project Photo of Private William Henry's grave can be purchased here
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