CORNEY, Henry (Harry)

Credit: Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Rifleman

1st/8th Battalion Isle of Wight Rifles

Hampshire Regiment

Henry was born 1896 in Newchurch to George & Alice Elizabeth (nee GALE) CORNEY. In 1901 the family lived at Honey Moon Cottage in Newchurch before moving to 41 West Street in Newport. George had predeceased his son in 1906.

Henry, aged 20, was reported as Killed in Action during the second Battle of Gaza on the 19th of April 1917 & is buried in the Gaza War Cemetery beneath a Commission Headstone. Henry rests alongside 3,316 of his First World War comrades, 781 of whom remain unidentified.

Henry is also remembered on the Newport Borough & IW Rifles War Memorials.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetery

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.