HENRY EDMUND GRAVES 1895–1974
Photograph from family collection
Born April 10th 1895 in Normanton, Southwell
Married 6 January 1923 to Nellie Gibson at St Mary’s Church Radcliffe on Trent
Died in 1974 age 78
1901 Census
Age 5 living with father Henry Edmund, 30, a brick maker born in Kirklington and mother Kate, 34, born in Southwell, sisters, Jessie 11, Mabel 10, Kate 8 and brothers George William 3 and Harold 1. They lived at The Harlequin, Radcliffe on Trent.
1911 Census
Age 15 employed as a pot maker and living with parents Henry and Kate, father now working as an engine drive for a pottery, brothers Harold 11, George William 13 and Sidney 6 and sisters Lilian Mary 8, Violet 3 and Elsie 8 months. They lived in a five roomed house at The Harlequin, Radcliffe on Trent.
Military Service
Rank: Able Seaman
Service Number: Z/4518
Military Unit: Anson Battalion, 63rd (Royal Naval) Division
Theatre of War: France and Flanders, date of entry 6.9.16.
Enlisted: 27.10.1915
Occupation: Carter. Height 5ft 3½ins, chest 34ins, complexion fresh. Religion: Methodist. Next of kin: Henry Graves, father
27.10.15 – 6.9.1916: Blandford Camp, Dorset
6.9.1916: B.E.F. Boulogne
17.1.17 – 23.2.1917: Hospital, diarrhoea
5.6.17 – 23.6.1917: Rest camp
10.7.17: Scabies ; Corps Rest Station.
7.8.17: Discharged to duty
At that date he was in B Company, Anson Battalion
21.10 – 28.10.1917: Hospital
26.3.1918: Gas shell wound, hospital, next of kin informed
28.3.1918: Sent to Kings Heath Hospital, Birmingham
7.5.1918: Re-joined unit in France
27.9.1918: Gunshot wound leg and arm, invalided to UK
31.12.1918: Demobilised.
Medals Awarded: British War and Victory
Military Personnel Address on 1918 Electoral Roll
The Harlequin, Radcliffe on Trent
From the 1921 Census
Address: The harlequin, Radcliffe
Employment: Coal Carter H Walker Coal Merchant
Household: father Henry, Boots Chemist, mother Kate, brothers George coal carter H Walker, Harold nurseryman, Sidney apprentice bricklayer H Walker, sisters Liliam packer Boots, Violet nursemaid, Violet and Elsie.
From the 1922 Electoral Register
Address: The Harlequin, Radcliffe on Trent
Household: parents Henry and Kate, and brothers George, Harold and Henry jnr
From the 1939 register
Address: 5 Bingham Road, Radcliffe on Trent
Occupation: Motor Driver, heavy
Household: living with wife Nellie
Reasons for inclusion on Radcliffe on Trent Roll of Honour
Lived and went to school in Radcliffe on Trent