Private Arnold Llewellyn Henry
Number: 9589
Company: 54th (Belfast) Company, 13th Battalion, First Contingent
ENLISTMENT
Date: 12 January 1900
Place: Belfast
Age: 20 years
Trade or calling: Draper
Place of birth: In the Parish of Stoke, in or near the Town of Stoke, in the County of Somerset
Address: The Manse, Limavady
Family: Father Robert Henry, Presbyterian clergyman, mother Lizzie Henry (nee Gardener), of Limavady, County Londonderry.
Previous military service:
Description: Height 5' 8 3/4". Complexion fresh, eyes grey, hair red. Scar right loin.
Religion: Presbyterian
ACTIVE SERVICE
Date to South Africa: 3 March 1900
Date home: 8 June 1901
Service medal, clasps and other awards: Queen's South Africa Medal. Cape Colony, Orange Free State, 1901 clasps.
DISCHARGE
Date: 15 June 1901
Place: Belfast
Reason for discharge: The termination of his engagement
Intended place of residence: The Manse, Limavady
Conduct: Good
Special qualifications: Good horsemaster and horseman
Henry was among the 400 men captured by Boer forces at Lindley in May 1900. He was released on 30 August with the other members of the 13th Battalion when the British captured Nooitgedacht.
Coleraine Chronicle, 22 September 1900
Coleraine Chronicle, 15 June 1901
Coleraine Chronicle, 6 July 1901
Image of Henry from the Ballymena Weekly Telegraph, 28 April 1900.
This page last updated 24 November 2024.