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Pte. Henry Charles Nation
British Army 1/5th Btn. Kings Liverpool Regiment
from:Liverpool
Henry Charles Nation was my grandfather, I never knew. The photograph I had given to me by my mother of her 'father' was of an English looking man. I only found out that Henry was my grandfather when I traced his death record and found that he had died in the County Asylum in Liverpool in 1941. With this information I went to the archives in Liverpool who managed to find a case file for him and a photograph. I knew I had Jamaican blood in me but thought it was several generations back, but looking at the photo of Henry I realised it was only one generation back.Henry had enlisted in July 1916. He had a wife and 3 girls. On his medal roll it says that Henry had been with the Kings Liverpool Regiment and had been demobbed in July 1919. It says in Remarks: "Medals forfeited under Art. 1236.B. of the Pay Warrant as amended by A.C. 298 of 1920". I'm not sure what that means! Henry returned home, but sometime in 1922 his wife and children left him, which was the final straw I believe for Henry. He ended his days in Rainhill County Asylum.
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