9th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (British Army)
Date Of Birth:
06/02/1895
Died:
01/07/1916 (Killed in Action)
Age:
21
Summary
Henry Strain was the son of Daniel and Matilda Strain (nee McFarlane). He was born on 6th February 1895 in Dungannon. He was the second youngest of at least eight children. The children were born in various places. Henry enlisted in Omagh. Private Henry Strain was serving with the 9th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme on 1st July 1916.
Further Information
Henry Strain was the son of Daniel and Matilda Strain (nee McFarlane).
Henry Strain was born on 6th February 1895 in Dungannon. He was the second youngest of at least eight children. The children were born in various places.
Known family: Daniel Strain, Matilda Strain, Margaret Strain (born 4th May 1874, Sixmilecross), Jane Strain (born 4th April 1879, Sixmilecross), Mary Strain (born 21st May 1881, Sixmilecross), Matilda Strain (born 24th January 1883, Lisburn), Eliza Lizzie Strain (born 1st September 1887, Sixmilecross), Jessie Strain (born about 1893), Henry Strain (born 6th February 1895, Dungannon), James Strain (born 11th April 1897, Dungannon).
The 1901 census lists Henry as age 6, living with the family at house 16 in Millbrook Town. Kilwaughter, County Antrim. Daniel Strain was a labourer.
The 1911 census lists Henry as age 17, working as a farm servant at house 7 in Cavanreagh, Sixmilecross, County Tyrone.
Henry enlisted in Omagh.
Private Henry Strain arrived in France with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers on 5th October 1915.
Private Henry Strain was serving with the 9th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme on 1st July 1916.
Private Henry Strain has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Private Strain is commemorated locally on the WWI Roll of Honour in Castlecaulfield Church Of Ireland.
