Henry Hadley (died 1914)

Henry Hadley
Born(1863-03-27)27 March 1863[1]
Cheltenham, England
Died5 August 1914(1914-08-05) (aged 51)
Gelsenkirchen, German Empire
Cause of deathGunshot wound
EducationCheltenham College
OccupationLanguage teacher
Known forBeing the "first British casualty" of World War I

Henry Hadley (27 March 1863 – 5 August 1914) was an English civilian who was fatally shot in Germany, allegedly while resisting arrest, on 3 August 1914, the day before the United Kingdom's entry into the First World War.[2] He is sometimes described as the "first British casualty" of World War I.[2][3]

  1. ^ College, Cheltenham (1890). Cheltenham College Register, 1841-1889. Bell. p. 333. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  2. ^ a b Van Emden, Richard (15 August 2013). Meeting the Enemy: The Human Face of the Great War. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781408821640.
  3. ^ "12/08/2013". The One Show. 12 August 2013. BBC One. Retrieved 12 August 2013.