Basic Details
Surname
Plant
Forenames
Henry
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
43859
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 9 New Road, Werrington. (It also records his brothers George and William). It misrecords his date of death as 4/8/1918; although his name was Henry Plant, he was known as Harry, as which he served.

(CWGC records that Private Harry Plant, regimental number 43859, died on 11/8/1918 serving in 5th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment, and is commemorated on Panel 7 of Vis en Artois Memorial in France. The Medal Rolls records that Private Harry Plant was a native of Werrington who had formerly served in the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Berkshire Regiment. Soldiers Died in the Great War likewise records him as Harry Plant, stating that he formerly served in the Hertfordshire Yeomanry under regimental number 12045, and that he was killed in action on 11/8/1918. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that Harry Plant was killed in action in France on 11/8/1918, and that his mother Mary was his legatee. On the 1911 census he had been recorded as Harry Plant, aged 22, living with his parents William and Mary in Werrington. On the 1891 census he had been recorded as Henry Plant. His birth was registered in Peterborough District as Henry Plant in 1887).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Royal Berkshire
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Not Stated on Memorial
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1918
Month of death
August
Day of death
4
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
9, NEW ROAD WERRINGTON
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial