No.2721, Private, Henry WALLACE
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Henry Wallis (as ever, Wallace, Wallis seem to be interchangeable) was born in Horringer (2nd qtr Thingoe 4a:492) son of John and Maria WALLACE (née GOLDSTONE)
1881 census...Aged 10, Henry WALLACE wasat 13 Horringer Road, Bury St.Edmunds with his father John WALLACE [41] horsekeeper born Chevington; his mother Maria [36] born Bury St.Edmunds; brother John [15] labourer in iron works, and sister Jane [12] both born Horringer; sister Martha [8]; brothers George [5], Charles [3] and William [1] born in Bury St.Edmunds. 1891 census...He was not found in this census, possibly already in the Army abroad. At 12 Horringer Road, Bury St.Edmunds were his parents; brother George (under keeper), Charles (back house boy), William, James [9] and Ernest E W [9 weeks]; sisters Ellen [7] and Florence [5] |
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He was killed in the battle at Grassy Hill (Suffolk Hill now). There were several reports of the fighting at Grassy Hill in the Bury Free Press and the Bury & Norwich Post and several lists of the casualties His Queen's South Africa medal has the clasp for Cape Colony. |
