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Record #23478

Name :: : Henry George BRACKNELL (1895 - 1916)
aka : Private Bracknell, Harry
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 7 Nov 1895
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 13 Jun 1916 Notes : Killed in Action

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Hampshire, Odiham

Hartley Wintney

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialBelgium, Zillebeke

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 21 Mar 1908
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Dominion
Placement Family: : Kerm

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): : National Children's Home and Orphanage
Agency: : National Childrens Home

NotesThe following records have been discerned for Private Henry George Bracknell.
A full Military file is available:
{website}data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/cef/1-1000/990-09.pdf

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Henry George Bracknell
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1895
Registration District: Hartley Wintney
Inferred County: Hampshire
Volume: 2c
Page: 173

1901 English Census records place widowed Jane Bracknell and her son, Henry G Bracknell (5) and daughter, Emily J Bracknell (6) in North Warnborough, Odiham, Hampshire, England. Jane works as a Washer Woman.

Library and Archives Canada
Surname: BRACKNELL
Given Name: Henry
Age: 12
Sex: M
Ship: Dominion
Year of Arrival: 1908
Departure Port: Liverpool
Departure Date: 1908-03-12
Arrival Port: Halifax
Arrival Date: 1908-03-21
Party: Rev. Dr. Stephenson
Destination: Hamilton, Ontario
Comments: Party of National Children's Home and Orphanage children
Source: Library and Archives Canada
Reference: RG 76 C1b
Microfilm: T-503
Type of Record: Passenger Lists

1911 Canadian Census records place Henry Bracknell as a Lodger in the household of Edith and Leslie Kerm in Nelson, Halton, Ontario. He is listed as 15 years of age born about 1896, having immigrated from England.

1911 English Census records place Jane and Emily Jane Bracknell (16) in North Warnborough, Odiham, Winchfield, Hampshire, England. Also in residence is 80 year old boarder Henry Crosby Paine.

Attestation papers were signed 19 Mar 1915 in Guelph, Ontario. Henry George Bracknell was born 7 Nov 1895 in Odiham, England. A farmer by trade. His Next of Kin was Mrs. J Bracknell of North Warnboro, Odiham, Hampshire, England. 5'5" in height with blue eyes and brown hair, he had 4 vaccination marks on his left and right arms. His religion was noted as Methodist.

Commonwealth War Graves Registers and Circumstances of Casualty state that he had previously been reported wounded and missing in action, and then for official purposes was presumed to have died on or since 13 Jun 1916, around the area of Zillebeke, West Flanders, Belgium. His Circumstance of Casualty record notes him as 'Harry'.
His Next of Kin, Mrs. Jane Bracknell had two listed addresses, the first was 14 Manor Road, Rushall,
Turnbridge Wells, Kent, England and then Orchard Cottage, Curtisdeu Green, Goudhurst, Kent, England.
His body was not recovered, his name is listed on the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium.

Find A Grave Memorial# 11981805

ContributorsCreated : 2014-01-08 08:37:13 / From original database

Last Updated : 2014-01-08 08:39:08 /

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Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 30 Entries

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
3055	ABBOTT, Douglas Groves	1910	ENG, HAM, Hartley Wintney	Apr 1924 : Montclare	CAN	Barnardos
3150	ACRES, Ada	1864	ENG, HAM, Winchester	Jun 1874 : Sarmatian	CAN	Maria Rye
7448	ADAMS, Ernest Alfred	1889	ENG, HAM, Southampton	Jul 1901 : Numidian	CAN	Barnardos
9986	ADDERLEY, Edward George	1890	ENG, HAM, Southampton	Jul 1902 : New England	CAN	Barnardos
17765	ADLAM, Edwin Walter	1899	ENG, HAM, Fareham	Mar 1909 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
17766	ADLAM, Thomas Albert	1901	ENG, HAM, Fareham	Mar 1909 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
6798	AINSLIE, Daisy Ann	1890	ENG, HAM, Portsmouth	Oct 1905 : Canada	CAN	Barnardos
5146	ALDWORTH, Cecil John	1915	ENG, HAM, Christchurch	Oct 1928 : Montcalm	CAN	Catholic Emigration Association
5145	ALDWORTH, Sidney Francis	1912	ENG, HAM, Christchurch	Oct 1928 : Montcalm	CAN	Catholic Emigration Association
9776	ALLEN, Bertha Ethel	1886	ENG, HAM, Winchester	Sep 1899 : Arawa	CAN	Barnardos
15306	ALLEN, Bessie May	1888	ENG, HAM, Winchester	Sep 1899 : Arawa	CAN	Barnardos
4093	AMES, Mildred Doris	1903	ENG, HAM, Alverstoke	Jun 1912 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
10896	ANNALL, Frederick William	1901	ENG, HAM, Portsmouth	Mar 1915 : Scandinavian	CAN	Barnardos
25954	ARMSTRONG, Benjamin John Emmerson	1918	ENG, HAM, Hartley Wintney	Nov 1929 : Ballarat	AUS	Fairbridge Homes	splmum , Pinjarra1929
27393	ASHWORTH, Gordon Herbert Charles	1943	ENG, HAM, Alton	Jan 1949 : Ormonde	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
27392	ASHWORTH, Maurice Benedict	1941	ENG, HAM, Aldershot	Jan 1949 : Ormonde	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
17310	AYLWIN, Arthur Edmund	1893	ENG, HAM, Portsea	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
17059	AYLWIN, Bertie	1898	ENG, HAM, Portsea	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
17311	AYLWIN, Ernest Edward	1896	ENG, HAM, Portsea	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
10932	BAKER, George Edward Windsor	1937	ENG, HAM, Southampton	May 1948 : Empire Brent (formerly Letitia II)	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
17978	BANKS, Edmund Charles	1895	ENG, HAM, Portsmouth	Jul 1907 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
17323	BANKS, Harry Albert	1893	ENG, HAM, Portsea	Mar 1903 : Canada	CAN	Barnardos
17980	BANKS, Mabel	1890	ENG, HAM, Alverstoke	Oct 1903 : Dominion		Barnardos
3442	BASHFORD, Albert Edward	1886	ENG, HAM, Isle of Wight	Jun 1891 : Vancouver	CAN	Bristol Emigration Society
3441	BASHFORD, Charlotte	1881	ENG, HAM, Isle of Wight	Jun 1891 : Vancouver	CAN	Bristol Emigration Society
8855	BIDDLECOMBE, Annie	1886	ENG, HAM, Dibden	Jul 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
10070	BLACKMAN, Phillip	1882	ENG, HAM, Gosport	Apr 1892 : Sarnia	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
7165	BLANDFORD, Elizabeth	1856	ENG, HAM, Southampton	Aug 1871 : Prussian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
7042	BLANDFORD, Frances Amelia	1859	ENG, HAM, Southampton	Aug 1871 : Prussian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
16647	BLANDFORD, Kate Jane	1861	ENG, HAM, Southampton	Aug 1872 : Sarmatian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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