| William Henry was the son of William Henry. William was born in Cookstown about 1879.
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| William had gone to live and work in Blantyre, Scotland. He is not listed on Blantyre War Memorial.
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| William Henry was married to Annie Henry. William and Annie had eight children.
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| William Henry enlisted in Hamilton, joining the Royal Irish Fusiliers with the number 13240.
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| William later transferred to the Labour Corps (No 534010).
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| Private William Henry served for over three years in Salonika, Greece.
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| 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.
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| From the Mid Ulster Mail dated 21st September 1918:
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| HENRY – No. 13240 Private Willie Henry, 2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers, died on 9th September 1918 in Salonika, from malarial fever, after three years’ service.
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‘Out in a foreign country,
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Where the trees and branches wave,
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Lies a kind and loving brother,
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In a cold and silent grave.
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Peaceful be your rest, dear brother,
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It is sweet to breathe your name;
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In life we loved you very dear,
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In death we do the same.
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Not dead to those who loved him,
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Not lost, but gone before,
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He lives with us in memory still,
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And will for evermore.’
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| Sadly missed by his sorrowing brother and sister-in-law, Johnnie and Maggie Henry, Waterloo Terrace, Cookstown.
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| From the Mid Ulster Mail dated 21st September 1918:
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| William was a brother of Johnny Henry of Waterloo Terrace, Cookstown.
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| 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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