HENRY WILLIAM OSBORNE
Known later as JAMES OSBORNE
Born: 1879, Ipswich.
Died: 20th December 1916; age 37; KiA.
Residence: Lewisham, Kent.
Occupation: Telegraph Labourer.
Enlistment Location: Ipswich.
Date of Entry Therein: 19th July 1916.
Rank: Rifleman; Service Number: 4635
Regiment: London Regiment, 8th (City of London) Battalion, (Post Office Rifles).
Medals Awarded: Victory & British War.
Grave Reference:
III.D.17.
West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium.
CENSUS
1881 St. Margaret’s Street, Ipswich.
Henry was was 2 years old and living with his parents & siblings.
James Osborne, 43, a Labourer, born Ipswich.
Sarah Osborne (nee Gould), 43, a Laundress, born Ipswich.
Sarah Kate Osborne, 16, born Ipswich.
Thomas Edward Osborne, 14, a Day Boy, born Ipswich.
Mary Ann A. Osborne, 12, born Ipswich.
Elizabeth Esther Osborne, 6, born Ipswich.
1891 49, St. Margaret’s Street, Ipswich.
Henry was 13 years old and living with his parents & siblings.
James, 53, a Porter – General Labourer.
Sarah, 53, a Laundress.
Esther, 15, a Laundress.
Ernest Albert Osborne, 7, born Ipswich.
1901 Church Elm Lane, Dagenham, Essex.
Henry was 22 years old, a General Labourer. He was a Boarder at the home of 52 year old, Charles Clarke, a General Labourer.
1911 132, Blackhorse Road, Walthamstowe, Essex.
Henry was 32 years old, a Hammerman – Engineering. He was a Boarder at the home of 42 year old, Charles Hurrell, a House Painter – Builder.
On the 29th January 1916, at the Register Office, Lewisham, London, 37 year old James, a Rifleman for the Post Office Rifles, married 32 year old, Harriet Sarah Walford, a Laundress, born 1884, Greenwich. Both of 6, Molesworth Street, Lewisham.
On the 2nd November 1923, James’s medals were sent to his widow, Mrs H. Ludick (formerly Osborne), of 78A, Clifton Crescent, Peckham, SE15.
Soldiers’ Effects to James Osborne – father and Harriet S. Ludick – widow.
Henry is also remembered on Holy Trinity church Ipswich.
London Regiment, 8th (City of London) Battalion, (Post Office Rifles).
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