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2Lt. Thomas George Grandon Heenan
British Army 4th Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:Belfast
(d.21st March 1918)
Born in Belfast, Ireland in 1892, Thomas Heenan was the son of William Patrick Heenan, a civil servant with the Board of Trade, and his wife Kathleen Mary (nee Grandon). Thomas was working as a journalist in Belfast at the time of the 1911 census but was then admitted to the Civil Service and followed his father into the Board of Trade.
In June 1915 he was commissioned as a temporary Second Lieutenant in the 4th Battalion and attached to the 1st Battalion of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. He served in France until his death on the Somme during the Second Somme Offensive. This is officially recorded as 21st of March 1918 but is not a definitive date since he had been reported missing and this is date when it seems the Army determined he could not be located and was presumed dead. According to Army records he was 23 years old.
The day of his death was marked by a heavy and sustained attack by the German forces. At the end of an assault lasting five hours which involved gas and explosives, the 1st Batallion of the Fusiliers retreated. Six hundred soldiers were missing, leaving the battalion with only five officers and ninety men.
He is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial in France. He was awarded posthumously the British Medal and the Victory Medal. His parents were living at 42 Derwent Road, Stoneycroft, Liverpool at the time of his death. The family subsequently returned to Ireland where William Heenan died in County Cork in October 1932 and his wife Kathleen a few months later, in December 1932. They had no living children.
Pte. George James Heester
British Army 12th Battalion. A Coy. Royal Fusiliers
from:Shoreditch, London
(d.11th Oct 1916)
Pte. Joseph Heggadon
British Army 3rd Btn. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
from:Petrockstowe
(d.5th June 1917)
I came across Joseph Heggadon's grave which was scruffy and uncared for in the Freshwater All Saints churchyard and wondered who he was and why he was buried here.
Google searches provided the information and although he is on the Petrockstowe War Memorial he has now also been remembered at his permanent resting place. He was, like so many, only 19.
Coolie Chi Mming Hei
Chinese Labour Corps
from:China
(d.21st Feb 1920)
C.M Hei served with the Chinese Labour Corps. He was executed for murder on 21st February 1920 and is buried in St Sever Cemetery Estension, Rouen, France. He and another Coolie were convicted for wounding two French prostitutes and the murder of a British Army sergeant at a brothel near Le Havre.
Private Frederick Hele
British Army Kings Royal Rifle Corps
from:27 Ruston Street London
My grandfather Fred Hele was in the KRRC in 1915 as i have a photo of him in his uniform with his wife and young son who was a baby at the time. He was born on 11th December 1886. His medal card also shows he was awarded a Silver War Badge (SWB)List M/1410 which i think i still have at least i have two SWB both with different reference numbers on, so one could be his. I don't know if you can help but i am trying to find out why he was given the SWB but do not know which Battalion/Unit he was in. If I can find this out then I may be able to unravel his story through War Diaries. Would you know where i may be able to find out which Battalion/unit he fought with. Many thanks for any help you can give. John Hele
Pte. George Helliwell
British Army 13th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Bradfield
(d.17th Nov 1918)
George Helliwell is buried in Bradfield, near Sheffield. He died of wounds. His parents were William and Mary Hannah Helliwell of Mill Farm, Bradfield.
Pte. William Henry Helliwell
British Army 1/4th Btn. West Riding Regiment
from:Bradford
(d.1st Dec 1916)
2nd Lt. A G.A. Hellmers
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
L/Cpl. William Hellmore
British Army 6th Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Carp. Albert J. Hellyer
Royal Navy HMS Good Hope
(d.1st November 1914)
Alfred A. Hellyer
Royal Navy HMS Bayano
(d.11st March 1915)
PO.Stkr. Henry Hellyer
Royal Navy HMS Black Prince
(d.31st May 1916)
Sgt Frederick Helm DCM.
British Army 1st Btn. East Lancashire Regiment
from:18 Stanley Street, Preston, Lancs
(d.8th Apr 1915)
Gnr. William Gladstone Collins Helmore
British Army Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Caversham, Reading
Bill Helmore served with the Royal Garrison Artillery.
Pte. Charles Robertson Helmrich
British Army 15th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Newcastle upon Tyne
(d.6th Oct 1917)
The 15th Btn DLI was involved in trench warfare in the Ridge Wood area near Ypres on 6th of Oct 1917. Pte. Charles Helmrich has no named grave. His name is inscribed on the memorial wall at Tyne Cot.
There is a family story that one day in October 1917 William Helmrich was moving away from the trenches with his Company. He met his brother Charles Helmrich on the road. Charles' Company was going to the trenches. The two brothers shook hands and spoke for a moment before going on their way. William was a private in the Northumberland Fusiliers and Charles was fighting in the Durham Light Infantry. A third brother, George Frederick Helmrich, was also fighting in the Seaforth Highlanders Regiment. It was the last time the two brothers saw each other as a few days later Charles was killed.
Pte. Edward Helps
British Army 2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment
from:Weldon
(d.29th Jan 1915)
Pte. S. R. Helps
British Army 1st/6th Btn. attd. 8th Reserve Btn. Devonshire Regiment
from:United Kingdom
(d.5th April 1919)
Private Helps is buried in the Poonamalee Cemetery in India, Row 13, Grave 46.
Pte Harold Ernest Hemingway
British Army 2nd Btn 2nd Btn Royal Munster Fusiliers King's Own Yorkshire Li
from:Leeds
(d.31st Dec 1917)
Joined the Yorkshire Light Infantry and then for some reason transferred to The Royal Munster Fusiliers 2nd Battalion.
Served in France where he was injured and repatriated to the Leeds war hospital at Becket Street where he died on 1917-12-31
Gnr. Willie Marston Hemingway
British Army 47th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillary
from:Leeds
(d.23rd September 1917)
Willie Marston is my great grandmother's brother's son. I know he is buried in the Bedford House Cemetery. He is the son of Emily and the late Harry Marston Hemingway and husband of Florrie Hemingway (Nee Carter). I'm hoping for the possibilities of finding out more about his life and army service. I know his brother Harry Blackburn Hemingway also died in WW1
Pte. William Alfred Hemmett
British Army 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment
from:Tottenham
(d.25th April 1916)
My Grandad died in April 1916, which was a quiet month for casualties from the Hampshire Regt. He did not die in action, but from a hemorrhage . He is buried at the Military Cemetery, New Hannescamps, Pas de Calais.
CSM. George Augustine Hemming
British Army 9th Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
from:Alcester, Warwickshire
(d.14th Apr 1917)
George Hemming is buried in Baghdad. He was the youngest son of Mrs. Hemming. He left a widow and a small baby girl. He was an army reservist who held the rank of sergeant and was called up at the outbreak of war. He arrived in the Balkans on Tuesday 13th of July 1915 and served in the Gallipoli Campaign.
L/Cpl. James Victor Hemming
British Army D Bty., 106th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
from:Childswickham
(d.5th Apr 1917)
Pte. William Hemming
British Army Durham Light Infantry
William Hemming went to France with the DLI on the 15th of July 1917. He returned home and wore the Silver War Badge.
Pte. Oswald "Dot" Hempsall
British Army 9th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Everton Nr. Doncaster
We know only that our great uncle, Oswald Hempsall joined up at the age of 14. Giving false information about his birth date. He was only five foot three inches and consequently became a runner between trenches.
Gnr. James Alfred Hems
British Army C Bty. 119th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:New Cross, London
(d.17th Jun 1917)
James Hems is buried in the New Irish Farm Cemetery, near Ypres in Belgium. Age 33, he was the husband of Ada F. Hems of 14 Liardet St., New Cross London.
Sgt. John W. Hemsley
British Army 2nd 5th Btn. Sherwood Foresters
from:Derby
(d.4th April 1917)
Sgt. John William Hemsley
British Army 2/5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters
from:Derby
(d.4th April 1917)
Pte. William Henry Ernest Hemus
British Army 3th Btn. Worcestershire Regiment
(d.7th Jun 1917)
William Henry Ernest Hemus was my Grandfather, he served with the 3rd Battalion Worcester Regiment and died on the 7th June 1917.
Able Sea. Charles Richard Hender
Royal Navy HMS Amphion
from:8 Arthur Terrace, Torpoint, Cornwall
(d.6th Aug 1914)
Charles Hender was born on 12th of November 1894, the second son and one of 13 children born to Richard and Edith Hender in Torpoint, Cornwall. He was apprenticed to his father, a butcher in Fore Street.
Charles was the first of his family to be killed in WW1 while serving on HMS Amphion while on duty in the English Channel, aged 19. His ship hit a mine previously laid by a German ship and went down on 6th of August 1914, just a few days into WW1. His older brother, who was also in the Royal Navy, was killed and lost at sea less than three months later. His father was so distressed at the loss of his two sons that he later took his own life. Charles name is onthe Plymouth Naval Memorial on Plymouth Hoe.
Stkr.1st.Cl. William Pascoe Hender
Royal Navy HMS Monmouth
from:8 Arthur Terrace, Torpoint, Cornwall
(d.1st Nov 1914)
William Hender was born on 6th of June 1891, the first of 13 children born to Richard and Edith Hender in Torpoint, Cornwall. He was apprenticed to his father, a butcher in Fore Street. On the 1911 census William is described as being feeble minded since birth. When he was 18 years old he spent 10 months in Bodmin Lunatic Asylum and was discharged as recovered in 1909. Two years later he joined the Royal Navy and was on HMS Monmouth when he was killed at the Battle of Coronel, in the Pacific Ocean. His ship, one of four older weaker British vessels, engaged with five modern German vessels with greater fire-power and HMS Monmouth was lost with all hands on 1st November 1914. William's younger brother, Charles, also in the Royal Navy, was killed less than three months earlier. William's father was so distressed at the loss of his two sons that he later took his own life. William's name is on the Plymouth Naval Memorial on Plymouth Hoe.
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