Mahoney

Henry Walter Mahoney

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Mahoney, Harry

July 1879, Dalston, Middlesex

Frederick Charles and Hannah (née Green)

11th Battalion, Royal Scots Regiment

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Company Sergeant Major

14 July 1916, age 37

Thiepval Memorial, France: Pier and Faces 6 D and 7 D

Biography:
Henry Walter Mahoney, known as Harry, was born in 1880, in Shoreditch, Middlesex, being baptised in Tower Hamlets in July. He
was the fourth child (of eight) of Frederick Charles, a brass founder, and Hannah (née Green).

When Harry left school, he worked as a bricklayer’s labourer. On 14 August 1897, Harry joined the Royal Marines; he signed on
at Westminster. He stood 5 feet 5 7/10 (sic) inches tall, his complexion was described as ‘fresh’, he had bluish grey eyes and
brown hair. On 5 October 1897, Harry transferred to the Army, joining The Royal Scots Regiment, at Edinburgh, on the 8th.

In his early career, it appears Harry had an alcohol problem; he was charged with drunkenness on five separate occasions. He was
employed on Regimental Police duty, in India, from May 1904 to March 1905; he then returned to the UK, still with the
Regimental Police, until January 1909. The 2nd Battalion, The Royal Scots occupied Inkerman Barracks from October 1904 until
October 1905.

In 1906, Harry married Alice Norton. When Harry went back to India in January 1909, she accompanied him. They had three
children born in India. Harry returned to the UK in 1914 having completed 12 years’ service with the Royal Scots. His fourth child
was born in 1914, but died a year later.

Harry was awarded a Long Service and Good Conduct medal in September 1915.

Harry Mahoney was killed on 14 July 1916. His final resting place is unknown. His name, along with others of his regiment,
appears on the pier and faces 6D and 7D of the Thiepval Memorial.

The Thiepval Memorial, the Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, bears the names of more than 72,000 officers and men of the United Kingdom and
South African forces who died in the Somme sector before 20 March 1918 and have no known grave.

The memorial was built between 1928 and 1932 and unveiled by the Prince of Wales, in the presence of the President of France, on 1 August 1932.