MALPASS Henry

  • First Name(s):
    Henry 
  • Surname:
    MALPASS
  • Service Number:
    18742
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    12th (West Somerset Yeomanry) Battalion Somerset Light Infantry
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    22nd October 1918
  • Age At Death:
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Orcq Communal Cemetery, Belgium, Grave B. 7.
  • Place of Birth:
    Born and enlisted Stourbridge, Worcestershire
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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MALPASS Henry Is Named On These Memorials

Stourbridge St John’s Church
Stourbridge St John’s School now in Stourbridge St John’s Church
Stourbridge War Memorial

Further Information About MALPASS Henry

Henry Malpass lived at Parkes Yard, Coventry Street, Stourbridge, and worked for Messrs Roberts and Cooper.  He was one of the last Stourbridge men to go to the Western Front and died only three weeks from the Armistice.  He enlisted in May 1918 and was sent to the Somerset Light Infantry.  He joined the 12th Battalion in the 74th (Yeomanry) Division on the 10th September as they continued the Advance to Victory. They moved over the Belgian border and neared Tournai.  Just short of the town, Private Henry Malpass was killed by shellfire on the 22nd October.  He was 20 years of age.

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Credits: Researched by The Black Country Society.