ACTON H.
Henry Acton
Private 26945
10th Bn., Lancashire Fusiliers
Henry Acton died on Tuesday 27 June 1916, age 39, and was
remembered on the THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
He was born c1877 at Manchester, Lancs, to <unknown> and Sarah A. Acton. By the time of the 1901 census, he was an unmarried Ironworks labourer, residing in Manchester with his brother.
Notts Free Press - In Memoriam - 28th June 1918
Acton - In ever-loving memory of my dear husband, Private Henry Action, Lancashire Fusiliers, of White House, Skegby, killed in action, June 17th 1916, aged 39 years. A devoted husband, a loving dad, One of the best that God could lend; When nights are dark and friends are few, Dear husband and dad we long for you. May angels bless and guard your grave, We loved you well but could not save; God's will be done, it's hard to say, When those we loved are called away.
From
‘Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914-19 – Lancashire Fusiliers’
ACTON Henry. Born Manchester, enlisted Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts (resides Skegby, Notts). 10th Bn., Lancashire Fusiliers, Private 26945, Killed in Action, France & Flanders, 27th June 1916.
Research by Heather Faulkes
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