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256810Sgt. Harry C. Danes
British Army 12th Battery Royal Field Artillery
from:Woolwich
(d.14th July 1916 )
Harry Danes was the younger brother of my Great Grandfather, born in Maidstone Kent on 26th of Jan 1880. But because my Great Grandfather emigrated to Canada prior to the Great War, I knew nothing about Sergeant Danes' service during World War One. This is remarkable because my family knows my love of military history, especially my Grandmother. After I finished my own 35 year career in 2017 as an American Army Lieutenant Colonel I began researching my family history. I knew my Great Grand Father had one twin brother who stayed in England, but did not know he had any other siblings. After performing a DNA test I was linked through a genealogy website with my long lost English cousins and learned about Sergeant Harry Danes. Having a Bachelors Degree in Military History, and teaching Military History at a University, I was both dumbfounded that I knew nothing of Sgt Danes in my family history and delighted to learn that I had someone I could personally honor who was related to me before the the Centennial Anniversary of the Great War's end. Sadly I had to honor his death as a sacrifice in that terrible war. But honor him I now could and would. I had no other relatives on either side of my family fight in the War. This was also gratifying personally to me, as I am part of an organization in the United States that seeks to investigate, locate, recover and identify the remains of missing in action World War One American Service Members. I am the sole aviation expert of the organization and we are attempting, for the first time ever in our Nation's history since 1922, to locate, recover and identify an American Aviator that went missing in action on 14th of July 1917. Unfortunately the information I have is very little and I have no photos of Sgt Harry Danes, nor circumstances of his service or of his death. This I am working to correct and plan to share once I do have more information. The fact he was a Sergeant suggests he was no common Soldier.
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