Biography

Born 1st Jan 1872, Henry Alfred Bangert joined the R.A.M.C. at Aldershot on 15th February 1894 and served in Egypt, Namibia, Sudan and South Africa in the Sudan Crisis, the Boer War (1899-1902) and afterwards until 1909. On 11th December 1904 he married Lena, nee Helena Luisa Becker. Although she was born in London, her parents were both German emigres, as was Henry's father, and the two families were related. When WW1 broke out he was stationed in Dublin, the family (then four boys - Will, Harry, Ted and John) with him.