WAY, Henry Leslie

Tyne Cot Memorial, BelgiumCredit: CWGC

Private
2nd Battalion
Honourable Artillery Company

Henry was born 1886 in Newport to Henry James & Charlotte (nee MILLIGAN) WAY. In 1891 the family lived at 1 The Bays, St Paul's Terrace, Newport. He married Ellen Elizabeth BROOMFIELD in 1913 at Hartley Witney in Hampshire.

Henry, aged 31, was listed as Missing Presumed Killed in Action on the 9th of October 1917. Henry’s body was never recovered or identified & so he is commemorated by the Commission on the Tyne Cot Memorial in Belgium together with 34,968 of his missing 1st World War comrades.

Henry is also remembered on the County & Newport War Memorials.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

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.