Henry Bolton

Personal Information
Date of Birth	Not known
Place of Birth	Leeds, England
Death	12 Aug 1916
Place of Death	Mouquet Farm, Poziéres
Age at Enlistment	30 years, 6 months
Description	5'6"(1.67m) tall; 140 lbs (63.5 Kg) weight; ruddy complexion, brown eyes, and dark brown hair
Occupation	engine driver
Religion	Church of England
Address	William street, Armadale
Next of Kin	Friend Mr Richard Beattie
Military Information
Reg Number	590
Date of Enlistment	25 Sep 1914
Rank	Sergeant
Unit/Formation	16th Battalion C Company / 4th Brigade, 1st Division at Gallipoli; 4th Division in France
Date of Embarkation	24 Dec 1914 - 1 Feb 1915
Ship Embarked On	HMAT A40 Ceramic
Fate	Missing in Action, later confirmed Killed in Action 12 Aug 1916, Mouquet Farm
Monument	Armadale (Armadale panel)
Medals	1914-15 Star British War Medal Victory Medal

Pre War

Friend of Richard Beattie and his wife.

War Service

Arrived in Egypt early Feb 1915. Landed at Gallipoli in the late afternoon of 25 April 1915. Involved in battles at Bloody Angle, and Hill 971 on the Gallipoli Peninsula. Became ill on Gallipoli Peninsula with enteritis and spent 19 Aug 1915 to 9 Mar 1916 in hospitals from Mudros (3rd Canadian Stationary Hospital) to the Church Lane Military Hospital in Tooting, England (via the HMHS Aquitania) before rejoining his unit at Tel-el-Kebir.

Unit travelled to France aboard the HMT Canada arriving 9 Jun 1916.

The Sun (Kalgoorlie) 8 Oct 1916 reported that Henry had been Killed in Action, after previously being recorded as missing.

No known grave. Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.

Red Cross records (1DRL/0428) show that....

"he was killed on the 12th of August coming out of the trenches, when being relieved, passing down the reserve trench." One informant told that he had been lying asleep in a dugout when killed by a shell."

Henry's will records his share holding in oil companies such as: Galacian Oil, Land and Royalties Trust; Galacian Standard; and Romanian Oil.

"Worked at the brickyard. He has no relatives here but was held in much esteem by his mates. He enlisted in the early stages of the war, fought through the Gallipoli campaign, and was killed last year in the fighting in France. He was a sergeant when he fell in action."