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In memory of:

Sapper John Henry

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Military service

Service number: 503467
Age: 35
Rank: Sapper
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Engineers
Division: 2nd Tunnelling Company
Birth: December 3, 1888
Death: December 9, 1916

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Y. 467.
Additional information

Son of Martin and Mary Henry, of Bolling St., Wakefield Rd., Bradford, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. His younger brother, T. Henry, served with the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, and died on September 30, 1914 at age 21.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 102 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BRADFORD (BOWLING) CEMETERY Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Military hospitals were opened in Bradford in both wars and many of the 151 scattered First World War burials in Bradford (Bowling) Cemetery were from the 1,200 bed Bradford War Hospital. The cemetery also contains 106 Second World War burials, mostly scattered, although 23 are grouped together in Section P. A Cross of Sacrifice stands at the junction of two main roads in the cemetery.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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