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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
3023	ABBOTT, Charles	1884	ENG, ESS, Messing	Apr 1900 : Dominion	CAN	National Childrens Home
3033	ABBOTT, Frederick	1893	ENG, SRY, Kingston Upon Thames	Mar 1903 : Canada	CAN	National Childrens Home
3103	ABRAHAMS, Frederick	1876	ENG,	Mar 1891 : Sarnia	CAN	National Childrens Home
3149	ACREMAN, Emily	1877	ENG,	Jul 1888 : Vancouver	CAN	National Childrens Home
3165	ADAM, Charles	1899	ENG,	Mar 1913 : Canada	CAN	National Childrens Home
17047	ADCOCK, William	1892	ENG, NTT, Rolleston	Oct 1907 : Canada	CAN	National Childrens Home
9832	ADKINS, Proctor Selby	1894	ENG,	Mar 1910 : Canada	CAN	National Childrens Home
5358	AITKEN, Lawrence Gray	1909	SCT, LKS, Glasgow	Aug 1925 : Montnairn	CAN	National Childrens Home
5359	ALFORD, Stanley Victor	1910	ENG, HRT, Royston	Aug 1925 : Montnairn	CAN	National Childrens Home
22729	ALLAN, Alec	1876	ENG,	Mar 1889 : Vancouver	CAN	National Childrens Home
13096	ALLEN, Ernest John	1894	WAL, GLA, Pontypridd	Aug 1909 : Canada	CAN	National Childrens Home
2735	ALLEN, Harry Edward	1898	ENG, LAN	Jul 1908 : Canada	CAN	National Childrens Home
10434	ALLENBY, Edward	1908	ENG, YKS, Kirkbymoorside	Aug 1924 : Doric	CAN	National Childrens Home
9112	ALLISON, John Henry	1897	ENG, KEN, Sidcup	Mar 1910 : Canada	CAN	National Childrens Home	soutsc
14556	ANDERSON, Charlotte	1871	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	May 1885 : Sarnia	CAN	National Childrens Home
11880	ANDERSON, Christine	1875	ENG,	May 1885 : Sarnia	CAN	National Childrens Home
10452	ANDERSON, William	1906	ENG, LDN, London	Jul 1921 : Megantic	CAN	National Childrens Home
12754	ANDREWS, Gertrude	1879	ENG,	May 1889 : Sarnia	CAN	National Childrens Home
12637	ANGLIS, Philip George	1886	ENG, LND, Lewisham	Apr 1904 : Southwark	CAN	National Childrens Home
5360	APOW, Leslie	1911	ENG, LDN, London	Aug 1925 : Montnairn	CAN	National Childrens Home
4390	ARGENT, Albert	1878	ENG,	Mar 1891 : Sarnia	CAN	National Childrens Home
8614	ARGENT, Joseph	1892	ENG, YKS, Sheffield	Mar 1909 : Canada	CAN	National Childrens Home	Lyn 8
4389	ARGENT, William John	1878	ENG,	Mar 1891 : Sarnia	CAN	National Childrens Home
12638	ASHDOWN, Pitman W	1890	ENG, , Edmonton	Apr 1904 : Southwark	CAN	National Childrens Home
6447	ASLETT, Ethel	1881	ENG,	May 1891 : Sarnia	CAN	National Childrens Home
8180	ASPDEN, Joseph	1913	ENG, , Fulwood	Sep 1928 : Antonia	CAN	National Childrens Home
5361	ATKINSON, Thos	1910	ENG, YKS, Keighley	Aug 1925 : Montnairn	CAN	National Childrens Home
10454	ATTFIELD, Harry	1910	ENG,	Mar 1924 : Lancastria	CAN	National Childrens Home
14557	AUCKLAND, Harry	1882	ENG,	Apr 1894 : Labrador	CAN	National Childrens Home
5393	AULT, Ada May	1882	ENG, DBY, Derby	May 1891 : Sarnia	CAN	National Childrens Home
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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