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Record #23478
Name :
: Henry George BRACKNELL (1895 - 1916)
  aka : Private Bracknell, Harry


Father
:
Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 7 Nov 1895

Marriage (1)
:
Marriage (2)
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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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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
23478 BRACKNELL, Henry George1895ENG, HAM, Odiham Mar 1908 : Dominion CAN National Childrens Home