DSO. Lieutenant Colonel, 46th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Died 12/04/1916. Age 46.

 

Husband of Ursula Rose nee Youell.   In 1911 his parents Henry Packard and Agnes Marianne nee Norrington lived at Trevose in Cobbold Road.

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Buried at Faubourg D’Amiens Cemetery, Arras.

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Extract from De Ruvigny's 

Packard, Henry Norrington, D.S.O., Lieut-Co., R.F.A., only s., of Henry Woods Packard of Ipswich, Chemical Manufacturer by his wife Agnes Marian (Felix Cottage, Bude, co. Cornwall), dau. of Charles Norrington, of Plymouth; b. Ipswich co. Suffolk, 12 March 1870; educ. Dedham, co. Essex; Leamington and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. R.A. 25 July 1890; promoted Lieut. 25 July 1893; Capt. 13 Feb. 1900' Major 1 April 1908, and Lieut-Col. 12 Feb 1915; was D.A.A.G. R.A., India, from 3 Jan. 1902 to 2 Jan. 1907 and D.A.A. and Q.M.G., West Lancashire Division, Western Command from 1 April 1910 to 31 March 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Aug. following commanding the 117th Battery; was severely wounded at the Battle of the Aisne 19 Sept., and invalided home; returned to France in May 1915 in command of the 46th Brigade R.F.A., and was killed in action at Arras 12 April 1916 being shot by a sniper. Buried in the Cemetery there. He was twice mentioned in Despatches; (1) by F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French [London Gazette, 19 Oct. 1914], and (2) by General Sir Douglas Haig [London Gazette, 15 June 1916], for gallant and distinguished service in the field, and was awarded the D.S.O. [London Gazette, Feb 1915], for distinguished service from Aug. 1914, through the Retreat from Mons till the Battle of the Aisne. He m. at St. Matthew's, Ipswich, 3 Sept. 1895, Ursula Rosa (49 Hindes Road, Harrow), dau. of Edward Pitt Youell, and had six children; John Norrington, b. 15 July 1907; Meriol Maclean, b. 8 June 1909; Nancy Norrington, b. 15 Jan. 1901; Beryl Joan, b. 31 July, 1903; Barbara, b. 29 Aug 1904, and Diana Margaret, b. 13 April 1913.