Lance Corporal W. Henrys

Army Number: 265167 formerly 1708

Battalion: 1/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Awards: Military Medal

British 15 Star, British War and Victory Medal

Went to France on 5th February 1915. Awarded the Military Medal London Gazette 3.6.1916. Killed in action, on 1st July 1916, during the attack on the German positions at Gommecourt, France, on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.

Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A.