Inkpen - Henry Bint - look up please

[NDRFT]

Hi Sloe
Yes I saw the Ancestry fix perhaps why they were down for 4hrs this morning?

That one you have found could be a good bet I shall have a look but right now I am under orders to be sociable - I hope the soaps have finished on TV !!
Thanks
Nigel

[Sloe Gin]

Just added another possibility while you were posting.

[Lesanne]

  Hello  Nigel,

My Gran's brother was just 15 when he signed up... 15yrs 3 mnths.

Many, many people have the same under age children that went too.

 Lesanne

[Sloe Gin]

He won't have been that young.   As Nigel said, he went to France in 1914, so he would certainly have been a pre-war regular soldier.   

You might try posting on the Great War Forum - someone may well be able to work out a rough date of enlistment from his number.  You need a Wiltshire Regiment expert!

The Wiltshires war diaries are online here

 https://www.thewardrobe.org.uk

[NDRFT]

Thanks for your suggestions folks. I am fairly happy he was born in Inkpen, joined in Swindon so I need to try to get his enlistment date as you suggest Sloe
Thanks
Nigel

[SheridanParsons]

Hello Nigel,
I thought you might like to see this information about Henry Bint:
http://www.woottonbassettinthegreatwar.uk/william-henry-bint/
I will be laying a wreath for him on the anniversary of his death.
Sheridan

[NDRFT]

Sheridan

Oh my goodness what a wonderful close to a search that has gone on for about 8 yrs. I am not related to him but at least I now know who it was whose head stone I found in the cemetery. I am also pleased in a bizarre way that my previous summation of what happened was almost right and he died at least after some care in the German Field Hospital.
What a lovely tribute that you will remember him on 2 Jan  2015.

Thank you very much

Nigel

[NDRFT]

Fantastic piece on the web site and the book looks great by the way - I have done similar for over a 100 family members who served in various wars etc.
Well done and again thank you so much for solving my puzzle.
I cannot add a photo of Henry's head stone in here for some bizarre reason.
 Thanks
Nigel

[SheridanParsons]

Hi Nigel, just wondering whether you were the originator of an article about the Bint brothers in the Evening Advertiser dated 7th June 2005? (Before I spend £5 on a digital copy of the article!)