Henry Douglas Hamilton

Memorial: Downend - Christ Church

Regiment: Royal Engineers

Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal

Rank and number: Lance Corporal 146502 (formerly 26121 Gloucestershire Regiment)

Parents: William and Margaret Hamilton (nee Harts)

Marital status: Single

Home address: Home Address: 4 Cassell Road, Fishponds, Bristol. Lived: 1901 and 1911 Census, the family lived in Cassell Road, Fishponds, Bristol.

Pre-war occupation: Scholar on 1911 Census

Date of birth: 1896

Date of death: 03/06/1917

Buried/Commemorated at: Mont Houn Military Cemetery, Le Treport, France

Age: 21

Further information:

Henry was born in 1896 (Baptised St Mary's Fishponds 11/03/1896).

Henry served with the 4th Spec Battalion, Royal Engineers and Died of Wounds on 03/06/1917. Henry's younger brother William also died during the war. Both are commemorated on the Christ Church Downend and the Staple Hill (Page Park) Memorials. And both are also commemorated on the Staple Hill Methodist Church Memorial.

By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):

Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Findmypast (Soldiers Died during the Great War, 1901 & 1911 Census etc), Researcher John Davis.