Henry was the son of Edwin and Elizabeth Bond. His RN service record has his date of birth as 24 January 1876; he was baptised on 17 April 1877.
Edwin and Elizabeth had at least seven children: Charles, Henry, Elizabeth, John, Ann, William and James.
Edwin and Elizabeth were recorded on the 1881 Census at 25 Wornington Gardens, Kensington, with their children Charles (8), Henry (6), Elizabeth (4), John (2) and Ann (2m.).
The famiy has not yet been traced on the 1891 Census but in 1901, Edwin, now a widower, was living on Marlborough Street, Paddington. Henry was not in the household on the night of the census as he had joined the Royal Navy some years before. However, four of his siblings were still living at home: Elizabeth (24), John (22), William (17) and James (15). Edwin was still living in Paddington in 1911 with his children John, Annie and William. Edwin probably died in 1918 (J/F/M Paddington) aged 68.
Henry joined the Royal Navy in September 1898 when he was 22 years old but left the service in April 1906.
He married Martha Mossman in Coleby, Linconshire, on 13 April 1907. Martha was born in Coleby on 24 December 1873 (1874 J/F/M Lincoln), the daughter of Joseph and Myra Mossman (m. 1873 A/M/J Lincoln). In 1891 Marth (17) was working as a ward maid at Lincolnshire County Hospital, Lincoln.
By the time of the 1911 Census, Henry (36) a general labourer, and Martha (37) were living at Lowfield, Balderton, Newark. Also in the household was a boarder, Charles Stuart (25), a driller for an engineering company. Henry rejoined the Royal Navy later that year.
At the time of Henry's death in 1914 Martha was living at 7a Lime Grove, Newark. It does not appear that there were any children of the marriage.
Martha was living in Coleby, Lincolnshire, with her widowed mother, Myra Mossman (b. 17 October 1854, d. 1946 J/F/M Kesteven Lincolnshire, age 91), when the England & Wales Register was compiled in 1939.