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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
3029	ABBOTT, Edward	1863	ENG, LIN, Bourne	Jun 1882 : Dominion	CAN	Unknown
3858	ABBOTT, Emily Jane	1886	ENG, YKS, Guisborough	Jul 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3066	ABEL, Charles	1891	ENG,	Mar 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3068	ABEL, George	1887	ENG,	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3069	ABEL, George	1897	ENG,	Mar 1907 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3160	ABSOLOM, Albert Edward	1897	ENG, BRK, Reading	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3107	ABSOLOM, Henry Richard James	1893	ENG, BRK, Reading	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3134	ACKLAND, Herbert George	1898	ENG, LND, Camberwell	Oct 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3142	ACKROYD, John Edward	1886	ENG,	Apr 1902 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3153	ACTON, Alice	1889	ENG,	May 1902 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3154	ACTON, Ellen	1891	ENG,	May 1902 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
6255	ADAMS, Ada Gertrude	1895	ENG, WIL, Highworth	Mar 1909 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
22827	ADAMS, C R	1885	ENG,	Jul 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
26477	ADAMS, Charles W R	1887	ENG,	Mar 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
23730	ADAMS, Eliza	1887	ENG,	Oct 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
5602	ADAMS, Gladys	1898	ENG,	Mar 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
22545	ADAMS, Henry William	1898	ENG,	Mar 1912 : Dominion	CAN	Unknown
23726	ADAMS, Isabel	1888	ENG,	Aug 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3278	ADAMS, Robert Henry	1888	ENG,	Mar 1901 : Dominion	CAN	Louisa Birt
23732	ADAMS, Thomas G	1901	ENG,	Mar 1909 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
10890	ADAMSON, George	1893	ENG,	Jul 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
9834	ADBY, Ethel Caroline	1893	ENG, BKM, Wycombe	Jun 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
8817	ADCOCK, Lily	1896	ENG,	Aug 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3759	ADDERLEY, David Gerard	1897	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	May 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3758	ADDERLEY, Harry	1899	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	May 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
12851	ADDISON, Gertrude	1886	ENG, LAN, Manchester	May 1899 : Dominion	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
17080	ADGEY, Robert Hugh	1885	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Mar 1902 : Dominion	CAN	Louisa Birt
9831	ADKINS, Ann	1899	ENG, LND, Camden	Aug 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
9830	ADKINS, Theodora Margaret	1897	ENG,	Aug 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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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