Colour Sergeant Henry Bagshaw

5th Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

14th February 1942

Son of Frank and Daisy Bagshaw; husband of Joan Henrietta Bagshaw, of Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire

Singapore Memorial (Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore), Column 61

Henry was at pupil at Hemel Hempstead Grammar School from 1933 to 1935, where he was the best athlete in the school and ran in many AAA championships.

He was killed on 14th February 1942 during the invasion of Singapore by the Japanese. He was 22 years old.  The British forces surrendered on the following day. He is commemorated on the war memorial at Kranji cemetery in Singapore.

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