Henry was born in 1895 in Breaston,Derbyshire and was the son of Henry and Margaret Alice Hare.
In the 1911 census the family are living at Blyton House, Draycott, Derbyshire, as follows : -
Henry Hare, head, 53; Margaret Alice, wife, 41; Frederick James, son 20; Henry, son, 16, Worker in Nursery Gardens, born Breaston Derby's; William Rhodes, son, 8; John Robinson, son, 6; Ronald Monteith, son, 2; Oswald Brown, son, 1; Harriett Rippia, servant, 15;
In the army register of soldiers effects , he is shown as 2nd battalion Sherwood Foresters and his effects as of 24/4/1915 - £4- 2s - 9d - went to his father Henry and 16/8/1919 - £5 to father Henry
An enquiry was made to British Red Cross Society -
" Hare H Soldat no 12291 2 me Sherwood Foresters, comp B. Dis paru officielment 15/10. Rep. British Red Cross Society, 23 Rue de la Paix, Paris. er - Mrs Hare 112 Wellington Street, Long Eaton, near Nottingham, Anglterre; The German's replied on 5 December 1914 - Totesliste 5 Dec 1914, Beerdigt zu Lomme (buried in Lomme) Hare. H. Priv Soldiers, Notte. i, Derby, Verst (died) 30.10.14 im Res, Feld Laz. (Reserve Field Hospital) 67 Lomme. Schuss (buried) 1K, Seite r hand;