2nd Lieutenant Henry Frederick Roy Messenger

6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James Robert and Amy Messenger, of Wellington, New Zealand. Native of Wallingford, Berks. Killed 22 August 1915. Aged 25.
Commemorated on Panel 52 to 4 and 163A, HELLES MEMORIAL.
(The Commonwealth War Graves Register has put Henry Frederick Roy Messenger as being “a native of Wallingford, Berks”. In fact, - see the biographical notes below, he was a native of Wellington, New Zealand.)

The following biographical notes are from the website of the Friends of Bolton Street Cemetery;- Lieutenant Henry Frederick Roy MESSENGER, known as Roy, was born on 21 Dec 1891 at Wellington, son of Amy and James Robert MESSENGER (a Government Inspector).
Roy attended Masterton District High School (he passed Standard VII in 1904. He was a keen footballer and golfer and was one of the best known runners in the Wellington Province. After leaving school Roy worked as a stock agent for Dalgety & Co in Masterton and later Napier, which was where he enlisted. At work he was said to be very popular owing to his bright and cheerful nature.
He embarked at Wellington with the NZ Expeditionary Force for Suez on 16 October 1914, first serving in the Military Mounted Police as a clerk to the Assistant Director Veterinary Services with the rank of Trooper. He then became part of HQ Divisional Staff and was promoted to Sergeant.
On 19 April 1915 he transferred from the NZEF to the British Army 6th Yorkshire regiment with the rank of Second Lieutenant. Lieutenant Messenger was killed at Gallipoli on 22 August 1915. He has no known grave, but his name is recorded on the Helles Memorial in Turkey.