5433, Corporal, 64th Company. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry).
(Formerly15592 Bedfordshire Regiment)
Missing In Action on the 14th July 1916 aged 20 .
Thiepval Memorial, Somme.
Henry was the son of William John & Elizabeth Sarah Draper of St Pringes Cottage, Aston. After leaving school he worked as a Garden Labourer.
On the 14th July 1916 , shortly after the commencement of the Battle of the Somme, the Battalion were located in a place called Bottom Wood. Here they were in support of an attack by the 110th Infantry Brigade on Mametz Wood. It is not known at which point Henry Draper was killed but the action on this day was very intense.
Henry has no known grave and his name is recorded on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. (Pier/Face 5C.)
Medal Entitlement: British War Medal & Victory Medal