Add Information to Record of a Person who served during the Great War on The Wartime Memories Project Website

please scroll down to send a message

214630 L/Cpl. Henry Patterson Berry British Army 1st Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers from:Jarrow (d.24th March 1918) Henry Patterson Berry died on 24th March 1918 at the age of 21 whilst serving with 1st Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers. He was born in Wallsend, lived in Jarrow and enlisted in Newcastle. Son of Catherine Berry (nee Patterson) and the late George Berry. On the 1911 census Henry Patterson Berry age 14 is recorded as being on the Wellesley Training Ship on the Tyne. The Wellesley Nautical School was founded in 1868 by a group of Philanthropic businessmen on Tyneside under the leadership of James Hall, to provide shelter for Tyneside waifs and train young men for service in both Royal and Merchant Navies. Henry is buried in Bac-Du-Sud British Cemetery Bailleulval and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church, Jarrow. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please put first part of your email, (before the @ sign) in the first box, and the second part in the second box. Do not include @, it is automatic. Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**