Henry James Bracey
Memorial: Downend - Christ Church
Regiment: Royal Engineers
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private WR/287128 (previously 151165)
Parents: Lancelot and Emma Bracey
Marital status: Single
Home address: 3 (or 8) East View, Pendennis Road, Staple Hill, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Labourer Midland Railway
Date of birth: 1888
Date of death: 30/11/1918
Buried/Commemorated at: Cairo War Memorial Cemetery
Age: 30
Further information:
Brother to George Bracey who is also commemorated on the memorial. Both died within 8 days of each other.
Died: 30/11/1918 (Bacilliary Dysentery).
Commemorated on the Christ Church Downend and the Staple Hill (Page Park) Memorials. Henry is 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 and 1911 Census etc), researcher John Davis