Name
Henry Stewart Springham
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
11/08/1920
23
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Able Seaman
J/40303
Royal Navy
H.M.S. Amazon
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
WATFORD CEMETERY
F. 4. 199.
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the Watford memorials (*1)
Pre War
Son of Alexander and Minnie Margaret Stewart Springham, of 24, Southsea Avenue, Watford.
His parents married 1899 at Leeds Register Office, Yorks. Alexander died 1902 in the Hartley Wintney, Hants, district aged 35; Minnie died 26 August 1937 in King’s Langley, Herts, aged 65.
Additional Information
*1
His parents’ address was recorded after his death, so it is possible that he has no direct connection to Watford. More research is required.
His brother Alexander died 17 July 1916 and features on the Watford Roll of Honour
Acknowledgments
Jonty Wild, Sue Carter (Research) and Watford Museum (ROH online via www.ourwatfordhistory.org.uk)
