Lance Corporal T/107863 Henry Heyes

Family details:
Son of George and Alice Heyes, of Billinge and Winstanley, Lancashire.

Census details:
1939 Register. Unfortunately Henry and one other member of the household are redacted. Father George Heyes born 21/02/1874 a Colliery Pumpman Below and mother Alice Heyes born 02/03/1874 an Unpaid Domestic are living at 182 Main Street, Billinge.

Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=39]Remembered On The St. Aidan's C of E Church Memorial[/url]

Harry was born on the 22nd of December 1919 the son of George and Alice Heyes of 182 Main Street, Billinge, and was baptised on the 25th of January 1920 at St. Aidan's C.E. Church. He attended St. Aidan's School and Upholland Grammar School. Harry ran his own coal delivery business before being called up and joining the Royal Army Service Corps. Harry was fighting in North Africa, and at the evacuation of Tobruk while he was on board a ship, he volunteered to go back to blow-up the installations and was captured. He was taken as a prisoner to Italy where he escaped and was re-captured, escaped again and was shot on Monday the 8th of February 1943. He was 23 years old and is buried in the Ancona War Cemetery, Italy, grave 11.G.2. His name is recorded on St. Aidan's C.E. Church Memorial. Sources:- Cousin; St. Helens Local History Library, Index of soldiers killed in the Second World War; The Commonwealth War Graves Commission; St. Aidan's Church Registers; St. Aidan's Parish Magazine, April 1943. [url=http://sthelens-connect.net/sitefiles/billinge-history.pdf]Information Courtesy of The Billinge History Society[/url]