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Personal data

• Name COMPTON
• Initials HB
• First name HENRY B
• Place of birth Bangor
• Country Wales
• Profession postal clerk

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 23 October 1914, Regina
• Service number 73741
• Rank Private
• Medals D C M
• Regiment and unit 28th Bn. North West (Saskatchewan) Regiment
• Division - Brigade 6th Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 2nd Canadian Division
• National force C.E.F.
• Other data related to military career DCM for conspicious braver on 8 October 1915 : "The enemy exploded mines and Compton was buried under the debris. Being dug out, he immediately volunteered to go forward as a member of a bombing party, and assisted in bombing the enemy from the crater in which they were advancing. He also assisted, under heavy shell and machine gun fire, to dig out four men buried by the explosion thus helping to save their lives." (London Gazette, 29 November 1915)

Death

• Type of wounds Died of shrapnel wounds in n°10 CCS
• Date of death 8 June 1916
• Died at the age of 26
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery VII - C - 11

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