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Pte. Henry Ison
British Army 11th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment
(d.15th November 1916)
I had never seen a photo of my great grandfather, Henry Ison until I joined Ancestry and found a cousin had posted a photo. My Grandmother, Annie Maria Ison, told me that his Sergeant came to the door and told her mother, Annie Ison that he popped his head over the parapet, was hit in head and was killed instantly. Whether this was true or part of the Defence Forces attempt to make the pain less severe is unknown. My Grandmother said Henry was due to have home leave the day after his death.
The 11th Battalion diary for 15th November 1916 records a fierce battle for Frankfort Trench, although only the names of officers & RSMs were recorded when killed.
His name is on the wall of the missing at Thiepval on the Somme and his details are on the Visitors Centre database. I now have the Henry's death penny, which was returned to my family in Perth, Western Australia after it was dug up in a garden in South Perth after being lost for many years, after Annie Ison had moved to Australia and remarried.
