Sapper 428240 Henry Guest

The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
Courtesy Ste M

Regiment/Unit: Royal Engineers - 123rd Field Coy.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders

Age at death: 33
Date of death: 22nd of July 1917 (Sunday)
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Mont Huon Military Cemetery Le Treport - IV. G. 11A.

BMD details:
Marriage: 28/05/1904 Henry GUEST to Hannah CASE at Eccleston Christ Church CE.

Family details:
Husband of Hannah Guest, of 6, York Place, St. Helens, Lancs.

Census details:
1891 - 9 years old Henry is living at 13 Eldon Street, St Helens with parents Hamblett (50), Phoebe (48) and six siblings: Hamblett (27), Peter (20), Mary (18), James (15), Jonathan (11), Elizabeth (6). 1901 - 20 years old 'Box Packer' Henry is living at 14 Moxon Street, St Helens with widowed father Hamblett (60) and four siblings: Hamblett (36), James (24), Jonathon (22), Mary (21). 1911 - Sees 29 years old 'Machinery Attendant' Henry living at 6 York Place, St Helens with wife Hannah (26) and two children Joseph (4), Thomas (2).

Notes:
Suffocation and wounded from Poison Gas Shell.

[pic]imgs/WW1_ext/LoweHouseMem2.jpg[/pic] [caption]Henry is remembered on the [url=lmem.php?lmem=10]Lowe House Memorial[/url][/caption] [pic]imgs/WW1_headstones/428240_henry_guest.jpg[/pic][caption]Thanks to Anita68 from Great War Forum[/caption]