Henry James HOOKINS (Tree A)

No 40220 Private Henry HOOKINS was born at the beginning of October 1893 and was baptised at the end of that month in the Parish Church in Pawlett near Bridgwater. He was the son of William and Susan HOOKINS who have featured previously in the blog postings. Henry was the first volunteer in his Parish at the outbreak of World War I. He was disabled during the war and this is a copy of his honourable discharge dated 1917. He married Naomi Agnes Constance KING in June 1920 at St James Church in Bridgwater and their only child was born the following year. Naomi died during the 2nd World War and Henry married Gwendoline Evelyn GILLINGHAM who had also been fairly recently widowed and another son was born to them. Henry died just after Christmas in 1977.