Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Captain W. A. Henri, 11th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers - awarded the Military Cross

British War and Victory Medals (Capt. W. A. Henri); together with a copy Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed, in original case, good very fine (3) £200-260

William Ainsworth Henri was born in Norwood on 3 October 1890, the son of Arthur Henri and Margaret Ellen Henri. A Solicitor by occupation and a former member of the 24th County of London Yeomanry, he was appointed a Private in the Inns of Court O.T.C., 24 November 1914. He was discharged to a commission in the 11th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers on 19 December 1914. With them he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 25 August 1915. As a Temporary Lieutenant he earned the Military Cross (London Gazette 1 January 1918). Appointed Temporary Captain in January 1918. After leaving the army, William Ainsworth Henri married Lucy Rosalind Poynting on 22 September 1919. As a retired Solicitor, he died in Banstead on 24 November 1941.

With copied service papers, gazette extract, m.i.c. and family B.M.& D. certificates.