Name
Henry (Harry) Collins Draper
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
14/07/1916
20
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Corporal
5433
Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
64th Company
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier/Face 5C
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Aston War Memorial, St. Mary’s Church Roll of Honour, Aston, Not on the Stevenage Old Town memorials
Pre War
Henry was the son of William John & Elizabeth Sarah Draper of St Pringes Cottage, Aston.
After leaving school he worked as a Garden Labourer.
Wartime Service
On the 14th July 1916, shortly after the commencement of the Battle of the Somme, the Battalion were located in a place called Bottom Wood. Here they were in support of an attack by the 110th Infantry Brigade on Mametz Wood.
It is not known at which point Henry Draper was killed but the action on this day was very intense. Henry has no known grave and his name is recorded on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Additional Information
www.stevenageatwar.com
Acknowledgments
Paul Johnson
