Coldstream Guards.

Awarded the Military Medal in the London Gazette of 24 January 1919.

Massey was a native of Padiham, Lancashire.

The Burnley Express of 10 September 1919 reported, PADIHAM SOLDIERS HONOUR. The Military Medal has been awarded to Private Henry Massey , of the Coldstream Guards, for bravery in dispatch carrying near Arras on September 23rd last. He lives at 16, Hill Street, Padiham. The gallant soldier who is now demobilized, formerly worked in the tape room of Levant Mill. He joined up at the commencement of the war, and four of his brothers have also served.