The Battalion embarked for France on the S.S. "Caledonia" and sailed. They landed at Le Havre on the 15/08/1914 as Lines of Communication troops. Henry arrived in France on the 23/09/1914. They were part of the 19th Brigade, 2nd Division when Henry was Killed in Action on the 3rd day of the Battle of Loos. The Battle, 25th September - 15th October 1915 : The first genuinely large scale British offensive action but once again only in a supporting role to a larger French attack in the Third Battle of Artois. British appeals that the ground over which they were being called upon to advance was wholly unsuitable were rejected. The battle is historically noteworthy for the first British use of poison gas. on the 27th September at the Canal area the 2nd Division plans to make an attack are cancelled after the commencement of a release of gas, which once again hangs in British positions. Many men from the Coatbridge Memorial fell in the opening 3 days of this Battle. Henry was 1 of 99 men from the Coatbridge Memorial who fell during and from injuries from the Battle of Loos. Scottish Regiments lost a huge amount of brave men at Loos. Here is a list of Infantry Battalions who lost more than 500 men at the Battle of Loos from 25/09/1915 to 16/10/1915 - 7th Cameron Highlanders 687, of which 19 Officers, 9th Black Watch 680, of which 20 Officers, 6th King's Own Scottish Borderers 650, of which 20 Officers, 10th Highland Light Infantry 648, of which 20 Officers, 7th King's Own Scottish Borderers 631, of which 20 Officers, 8th Devons 619, of which 19 Officers, 8th Royal West Kents 580, of which 24 Officers, 8th Buffs 558, of which 24 Officers, 12th Highland Light Infantry 553, of which 23 Officers, 8th Black Watch 511, of which 19 Officers, 5th North Staffordshire 505, of which 20 Officers, 8th Seaforth Highlanders 502, of which 23 Officers. Henry shares a grave with Private W Skerritt of the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Henry is listed as 3rd BATTALION on the Coatbridge Memorial. A huge thank you to Henry's relative David Lawson for family information and family letters and photographs (see photos). The other Grave photo kindly donated by Mick McCann at the British War Graves website who supply photos FREE OF CHARGE
here. Henry is also remembered in the St. Augustine's Parish (book) Roll of Honour. See photos for Henry's Medal Index Card, his Newspaper clipping, the 1901 Ireland Census, his name on the Ireland Casualties WW1, his Army Register of Soldiers Effects, his Service Medal and Award Rolls, his CWGC Grave Registration x 2, his Headstone Report, another photo of Henry's Grave, another photo of Henry, photo of Henry and Bernard (back) and Bernard's daughters Maggie and Lizzie (front), the Family Grave in Friar's Bush Graveyard, Belfast, Cambrin Churchyard Extension, the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) Cap Badge and Henry's Pension Records x 2.
