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Sprigg, Henry Aldwyn Guildford (1882-1918), soldier
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1882-1918
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Henry Aldwyn Guildford Sprigg was born in Wandsworth in 1882, the son of Reverend Guilford Sprigg, the Rector of Emsworth and Rural Dean of Havant, and his wife Florence Sprigg of Kinsey House. Henry was educated at Eton, then attended Trinity College Cambridge from 1901-1904. He later joined the army, sustaining multiple gunshot wounds to the head in 1916 while in action in France. In 1917, he was deployed to Egypt. His Division was then deployed to Palestine, where he fought in several battles, including the battle of Berukin in 1918, where he was killed in action.