Name
Harry (Henry) Kimsey
1887
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
01/06/1915
28
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lance Corporal
6293
King's Dragoon Guards
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 (Mons) Star, British War and Victory Medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Panel 3
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
N/A
UK & Other Memorials
Codicote Village Memorial, Peace Memorial Hall, Codicote, We are not aware of any memorial in Rabley Heath
Pre War
Henry Kimsey was born in Rabley Heath, Codicote, Herts in 1887, (although some records state his birthplace as Luton, Beds), the son of John and Sarah Ann Kimsey, and one of five children, although one had died by 1911.
On the 1901 Census the family were living at New Street, Codicote, where his father was working as an agricultural labourer.
Henry joined the army sometime before September 1906 and on the 1911 Census he was listed as a soldier serving in India with the Lucknow Cavalry Brigade, 1st Indian Cavalry Division.
His parents later lived at 15 Council Houses, Codicote Welwyn, Herts.
Wartime Service
It is likely Henry was a reservist at the outbreak of war and re-enlisted in Hertford, serving as a Lance Corporal with the 1st Battalion, King's Dragoon Guards in France from 11 November 1914.
He was killed in action and death was presumed on or since 1 June 1915. He has no known grave and his name is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
Additional Information
His mother received a war gratuity of £5. Other money owing to him was split equally between his mother Sarah, brother Frederick, sisters Polly, Lucy & Charlotte and half-brother William. Although a pension card exists, there is no indication of the amount of pension received, if any. N.B. Henry is sometimes listed as Harry and the surname Kimsey is sometimes listed as Kinsey.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Brenda Palmer, June Colegrove, Roll-of-Honour.com
