Henry Tait
Paul Heatherington has submitted the following:-
Henry was born in Shilbottle, Northumberland in about 1893. His father was John Tait, an agricultural labourer, born in Lowick, who died in about 1905. His mother’s name was Mary (née Clark, from Embleton). Henry was the youngest child in a family of seven. His siblings were Elizabeth, John, Frances, Robert, Joseph and Mary.
In 1901, Henry was living with his family at East Heddon Farm, Heddon-on-the-Wall.
By 1911, the family had moved to 66 Durham Road, Blackhill and Henry was working as a colliery labourer.
Henry enlisted in the Northumberland Fusiliers and achieved the rank of Corporal. He died in France on the 1st July 1916, at the age of twenty-three years. He is buried in Ovillers Military Cemetery.
His brother Robert Clark Tait also died in WW1.
Henry Tait is remembered at Shotley Bridge on S27.03
