Henry Herbert Rawlings
Memorial: Downend - Christ Church
Regiment: Worcestershire Regiment
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 36617
Parents: Henry Herbert and Caroline (Nee Sheppard) Rawlings
Marital status: Married
Home address: Home Address: 3 Midland Road, Soundwell, Bristol Lived: 1911 Census – 12 Agnes Terrace, Soundwell Road, Soundwell, 1891 Census – Stream Cottage, Hambrook Road, Hambrook, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Railway Contractors Labourer
Date of birth: 1885
Place of birth: Hambrook, Bristol
Date of death: 21/05/1917
Buried/Commemorated at: No Known Grave – Commemorated Arras Memorial, France
Age: 32
Further information:
Henry was born in 1885 (1st Quarter) (Hambrook). Birth registered as Herbert Henry Rawlings, but the records after that record him as Henry Herbert. Henry married Flossie Florence Watts at Downend Christ Church on 27/8/1905. Henry and Flossie did not have any children. Flossie married a Fred Wilcox on 20/11/1917.
Henry served with the 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment and was Killed in Action on 21/05/1917.
Henry is commemorated on the Christ Church Downend Memorial and the Staple Hill (Page Park) 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.