Henry William Loane

M, #476, b. 1 December 1895, d. 9 August 1915
  • Relationship: 1st cousin 3 times removed of Ben Nigel Oakley
  • Henry William Loane was awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War and Victory military medal.
  • He was born on 1 December 1895 at East Bilney, Norfolk, England.
  • He was the son of Thomas Loane and Mary Ann Vincent.
  • Henry William Loane was born in 1896 at Mendham, Suffolk, England.
  • He appeared on the 1901 British Census of Silfield, Norfolk in the household of his parents, Thomas Loane and Mary Ann Vincent.
  • Henry William Loane was a Labourer on 28 August 1914.
  • He received a medical examination on 27 August 1914 where he was noted as 5 feet 7 1/2 inches and weighing 108lbs. He had a 37in. chest with am expansion of 2 1/2in. He was described as of good physical development. He had a fair complexion, grey eyes and light brown hair. He was also noted as having a mole on his right shoulder blade and a scar on his right nipple., at Stamford, Lincolnshire, England.
  • He began military service on 28 August 1914 at Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, with the Lincolnshire Regiment.
  • He was posted to the 6th Battalion on 11 September 1914.
  • He was absent without leave from 9 June 1915 to 17 June 1915.
  • He was officially recorded as having died on 9 August 1915 at age 19.
  • He received the 1915 Star, British War and Victory military medal.