Private Michael Henry
202346 6th King's Own Scottish Borderers
Formerly 202864 Highland Light Infantry
Killed in Action 30th July 1918
Born Keighley, enlisted Bradford
Lived at 41 Villiers Street

Buried in La Kreule Military Cemetery, France
Commerorated on St Anne's R.C. Church Memorial, Keighley
Burnley Express 31st October 1918
Keighley News 14th September 1918

Keighley News dated September 14th 1918, Page 3:

Private Michael Henry, Highland Light Infantry, and of 23, Turkey Street, Keighley, has been killed in action.
Private Henry, who was 18 years of age, joined the army at the age of 15, and had only been in France about a month.
He was formerly the drummer in the Keighley St. Annes Scouts, and a member of the St Annes Football Club.
His father, Private James Henry, has been in France about two years.

Michael Henry in the British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920
Name: Michael Henry
Regiment or Corps: Highland Light Infantry, King's Own Scotish Borderers
Regimental Number: 202864, 202346

Michael Henry in the UK, WWI Service Medal and Award Rolls, 1914-1920
Name: Michael Henry
Military Year: 1914-1920
Rank: Private
Medal Awarded: British War Medal and Victory Medal
Regiment or Corps: King's Own Scottish Borderers
Regimental Number: 202346
Previous Units: 18th HLI. 202864 Pte, 6th KOSB. 202346

HENRY, M
Rank: Private
Service No: 202346
Date of Death: 30/07/1918
Regiment/Service: King's Own Scottish Borderers 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: III. B. 8.
Cemetery: LA KREULE MILITARY CEMETERY, HAZEBROUCK

Michael Henry in the UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919
Name: Michael Henry
Birth Place: Keighley, Yorks
Residence: Keighley, Yorks
Death Date: 30 Jul 1918
Death Place: France and Flanders
Enlistment Place: Bradford, Yorks
Rank: Private
Regiment: King's Own Scottish Borders
Battalion: 6th Battalion
Regimental Number: 202346
Type of Casualty: Killed in action
Theatre of War: Western European Theatre
Comments: Formerly 4885, W. Yorks Bn

Michael Henry in the UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929
Name: Michael Henry
Gender: Male
Death Date: 30 Jul 1918
Death Place: France
Rank: Private
Regiment: King's Own Scottish Borderers
Regimental Number: 202346







 

 

 

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