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Lance Sergeant George Adams Henry MM

 

 

Henry 1

 

George Adams Henry was the youngest son of Mr W.J. Henry (Rural District Councillor), of Cloghog, Cookstown, County Tyrone.

Henry enlisted with the North Irish Horse at Cookstown in March 1912 (Service No.683). He embarked for France on 20 August 1914 with C Squadron. In August 1917 he was transferred, with his Regiment, to the 9th Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers (No.41401). Awarded the Military Medal for bravery in the field (Battalion Diary 13 January 1918 and London Gazette 15 March 1918), he was severely wounded on 14 March 1918 and died twelve days later at the Australian General Hospital at Rouen.

Lance Sergeant Henry is buried at St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France, grave P.VI.H.12B. His gravestone inscription reads:

41401 LANCE SERJT.

G. A. HENRY

ROYAL IRISH FUSILIERS

26TH MARCH 1918

 

The image of George Henry (below) is sourced from the Belfast Evening Telegraph in late 1914 or early 1915. Its caption states: "LANCE-CORPORAL G.A. HENRY, North Irish Horse, who has just returned to the front after a brief visit to his home at Cloghogue, Cookstown. Lance-Corporal Henry looks in the pink of condition, and when he left his comrades they were also in the best of form."

 

 

Henry 2

 

Gravestone images kindly provided by ponte fractus. Mounted image, from Belfast Evening Telegraph, kindly provided by Nigel Henderson (see Fitzroy Presbyterian Church: Wartime Service and Sacrifice). The head and shoulders image of Lance Sergeant Henry and some of the above information is sourced from Friends of the Somme, Mid Ulster Branch, www.cookstownwardead.co.uk.