Prescot Roll of Honour

Service Details

The 13th Battalion of the Regiment was formed on 30th September 1915 at Drenwydd Camp, Oswestry, as an additional 'feeding' battalion for the Service Battalions of the Regiment. As such, it would supply officers and men to replace those lost in battle, whether killed, wounded or captured. Michael Henry's service number is from a range issued around October of 1915.

In that October, the Battalion moved to the Park Hall Hutments in Whittington and then in November to the Watch Works in Prescot, where it remained until April 1916, by which time Private Henry had died.

He is recorded by SDGW as having 'Died', as opposed to being 'Killed in Action' or 'Died of Wounds', which means he will have either fallen victim to sickness or an accident. He had not seen any overseas service.

He appears to have been of Irish descent, with his residence shown as Roscommon in Ireland, and in all likelihood, he would not have had any local family. His next of kin was recorded as his mother, Mary, and the family address was Aughlahow, Stokestown, Roscommon

The Register of Soldiers Effects (above) confirms Michael's next of kin as his mother, Mary, and also includes a comment that he had less than six months service when he died

The CWGC headstone for Pte. Henry in Prescot Churchyard

The burial register entry for Michael Henry, noting that he died in Whiston Hospital