Pte Albert Thomas Henry in battledress jacket and balmoral. Jacket has two ribbons of Henry’s service. Henry was injured in England while training and entering a minefield.
Near Windmill, outside Littlehampton, No. 8 Platoon was conducting a Battle Drill exercise with the rest of Able Company. They entered a minefield, poorly marked, by climbing through a barbwire surround. Two mines were exploded, killing three Highlanders. Henry had both legs broken and mangled and also suffered serious shock. The minefield was part of the coastal defense system.